Re: writers rant




On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3@ckt.net> wrote:

She uses the word "snuck" (which Mark Twain also used, but in his case he was humorously pointing out the ignorance of the character speaking).

And the capstone of irritations: this detective has not Clue One about the use of apostrophes!

Maybe I should put the above, suitably edited, on Amazon.com as a review.

Years of reading fanfic has made me able to ignore most spelling and grammar mistakes in favour of the story, but I know lots of people for whom it jars them out of the whole experience of getting lost in a good book.

Gwyn


--
Rain and sun shall feed me now,
and roots, and nuts, and wild things,
and rustlings in the midnight wood,
half-mad, like Myrddin, wandering.

--Terri Windling

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