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Re: Lego Creator Activity Book
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 2 Feb 1999 16:25:03 GMT
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Mike Stanley writes:
> Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote:
> > This reminds me: How many here pick up on all or almost all misspellings in
> > books and stuff? The sheer amount I see makes me wonder if it is just me, or
> > do publishers tend to employ bad editors?
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> I honestly think the web and the way it makes it possible for everyone
> with an ISP to become a "webmaster" contributes to this.
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> I cringe every time I read one of my computer news sites and have to
> stop counting errors in the first few paragraphs or go insane.
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> I actually offered my services as an editor to a buddy who ran a
> gaming new site once. He declined and basically said that the number
> of errors on his site were acceptable and even if they weren't they
> wouldn't really matter since nobody really paid real attention to
> them.
My mother always said I inherited my grandfather's "editor's genes" - he was a
newspaper editor in the 40's and 50's, and towards the end of his life, would
often start a diatribe about the low quality of writing in newspapers today,
and frequently assaulted the practise of writing to the lowest common
denominator.
I have been known from time to time to explode in similar fashion - although
not nearly as often - which is why I avoid usenet like the plague.
James
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| (...) Well, errors of just about any kind don't really bother me in any sort of conversation-oriented forum. I would no sooner worry about correcting grammar and common spelling errors in someone's usenet post than I would interrupt someone and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I tend to be a bit sloppy in my usenet posts, but I really am a little picky when it comes to spelling and grammar, not only in books and magazines, but on the web as well, especially at so-called "news" sites. I honestly think the web and the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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