Things in books that annoy you

[gweeks]

Originally Posted by Tarana

To this day though, science fiction and fantasy are genres that are not as popular as we like to think. Most people read general fiction.

Well, no, that's not what the statistics indicate.

Most people don't read at ALL once they leave school. Of the people that read, the most read genre is romance. The widest read genre is mystery.

https://www.bookstr.com/book-genres-...the-most-money

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...n-adults-read/

Greg

[jj2me]

Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

You're and Your. Just ran into this last night-it stops me in my tracks. You would think, since it is so common, that I would just glance over it, but it doesn't happen that way.

Originally Posted by 4691mls

I once read a book where the local policeman rode a bicycle and every single time, he peddled instead of pedaled. The book didn't have other problems, just this one recurring error. Drove me nuts.

Jive when meaning jibe.
Compliment when meaning complement (how hard can it be to get this right when the authors know how to spell supplement?). And the reverse.

[Catlady]

What about diffuse when they mean defuse?

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by jj2me

Jive when meaning jibe.

Please elaborate. I am getting confused trying to decipher what the two words mean. To make matters worse, it also depends whether the noun or the verb is supposed to be meant.

Please correct me, but this is what I come up with (not all definitions, but the confusing ones)

to jive as verb - is to insult someone

to jibe as verb - something agrees with something

the jibe as noun - alternate spelling of gibe

the gibe as noun - insulting or critical remark



So jive (verb) is practically the same as jibe (noun).
BUT jibe (verb) has nothing to do with jibe (noun).

What am I missing? (other than having english as secondary language).

[4691mls]

The definitions here are what I associate with "jive":
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jive

[Thasaidon]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

The definitions here are what I associate with "jive":
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jive

As an Englishman (and Yorkshireman to boot) and having read the above, I can say I am only familiar with the second definition.

[JSWolf]

Another annoying this is when the author has a good topic but fails in the execution.

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

I once read a book where the local policeman rode a bicycle and every single time, he peddled instead of pedaled. The book didn't have other problems, just this one recurring error. Drove me nuts.

Maybe he rode a "stop me and buy one" bike

[Apache]

Jibe Talking? by the Bee Gees.
Apache

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Thasaidon

As an Englishman (and Yorkshireman to boot) and having read the above, I can say I am only familiar with the second definition.

You need to watch more '70's American movies and TV.

Oh stewardess... I speak jive

[JSWolf]

For fans of...
If you liked...

If I see either of those two likes at the beginning of the description, I pass on by.

[JSWolf]

I'm also bothered when graphics in a book are not properly formatted.

When they use graphics for characters when they could have used an embedded font.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm also bothered when graphics in a book are not properly formatted.

When they use graphics for characters when they could have used an embedded font.

How would the average reader know?
As a MR member, many of us look at the code, so we know.
Unless the average reader has a device that has a 'night mode' or some other override that an image might not follw in the same manner, they remain oblivious to messy code .

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by theducks

How would the average reader know?
As a MR member, many of us look at the code, so we know.
Unless the average reader has a device that has a 'night mode' or some other override that an image might not follw in the same manner, they remain oblivious to messy code .

It's obvious. I can easily tell when a graphic is used instead of an embedded font. It has nothing to do with looking at the code. The graphic character does not look like a regular character. Also, if you use a smaller or larger font size, then it's even more obvious.

[jj2me]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

Please elaborate. I am getting confused trying to decipher what the two words mean. To make matters worse, it also depends whether the noun or the verb is supposed to be meant.

Please correct me, but this is what I come up with (not all definitions, but the confusing ones)

to jive as verb - is to insult someone

to jibe as verb - something agrees with something

the jibe as noun - alternate spelling of gibe

the gibe as noun - insulting or critical remark



So jive (verb) is practically the same as jibe (noun).
BUT jibe (verb) has nothing to do with jibe (noun).

What am I missing? (other than having english as secondary language).

Jibe = matches, agrees.
Jive = swing, a type of music from the '30s, then in '60s America jive became a way of street talking, then morphed into meaning talking bs.

Correct use: "What you're saying jibes with my memory of the event, we agree."
Using instead "... jives with ...." in the above is nonsensical.

(I didn't know jibe = gibe, didn't even know gibe was a word, thanks for educating me, for scrabble if nothing else.)