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    That word doesn't mean what you think it means.

    Posts: 260 Member
    edited January 2 in Chit-Chat
    Okay, my tumblr is down and my FB friends are tired of my rants, I think. So sorry, MFP folks - it's all yours!

    I've put together a delightful mash-up of all the errors I found - just today... in ONE book... for your reading displeasure. (I'm an editor and I'm working on a book for a self-publishing company.)

    It's pretty amazing:

    "On beknown to him, as they walked hand and hand, she was filled with the upmost light heartiness and she shuttered with wicket pleasure. He peered questionably at her, waiting for her reply. 'Off course,' she retorted delightfully. He grasped for air, then extinguished a sigh as he complemented her on how eloquent she looked. He wanted to kiss her badly, but reframed from doing so."

    Ergh. Just ergh. Feel my pain.

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    • Posts: 197 Member
      oh dear lord how ever does this person think they can be a writer? shouldn't they have proof read it before it gets to the editor phase???
    • Posts: 144 Member
      My kids could write better than that when they were in *elementary* school! That's just awful.
    • Posts: 218 Member
      I know how to make it better...burn it. :smokin:
    • Posts: 9,151 Member
      Is that from 50 Shades of Grey?
    • Posts: 260 Member
      oh dear lord how ever does this person think they can be a writer? shouldn't they have proof read it before it gets to the editor phase???

      I am copy-editor and proofreader all rolled into one...
    • Posts: 671 Member
      Woah. :laugh: Is that just one passage in a book full of errors like that? Can't that be sent back to the author with a note telling them to use better than 3rd grade level grammar to write it?
    • Posts: 1,271 Member
      Dear GOD. Make it stop!
    • Posts: 141 Member
      A friend of mine published a book. I bought and read a copy. No editing. Someone stroked a horse's MAIN. I told her. I hope the next book is better.
    • Posts: 606 Member
      Psh, given some of the student's I have, this is a winner.


      Seriously, though, please proofread. -_-
    • Posts: 422 Member
      I never attend the "Chit-Chat, Fun, and Games" message board. However, your PB reference got me!
      Thanks for that. :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 388 Member
      I would have to quit my job if I had to read stuff like that all day.
    • Posts: 148
      To be honest, even it had been written with the correct words and grammar, it would still suck.
    • Posts: 260 Member
      I would have to quit my job if I had to read stuff like that all day.

      I quit my job TO read stuff like this all day. I'm just building up business at the moment, though, and you know what they say about beggars being choosy...
    • Posts: 107 Member
      Reading that just made me cringe....
    • Posts: 1,517 Member
      *twitch*

      that made me cranky:angry:
    • Posts: 289 Member
      I thot I mite hav ta screem :noway:
    • Posts: 32
      Correct it, and send the corrected copy back to the publisher, along with a bill for the red pens. ;)
    • Posts: 41
      I'm an English lit major so reading this actually upset me. It's even a little disheartening!
    • Posts: 10,018 Member
      WOW!! Just Wow!!
    • Posts: 471 Member
      LE SIGH
    • Posts: 138 Member
      I've put together a delightful mash-up of all the errors I found - just today... in ONE book...

      At least it's a mash-up...if the entire book had them that densely packed, it would combust!
      "On beknown to him, as they walked hand and hand, she was filled with the upmost light heartiness and she shuttered with wicket pleasure. He peered questionably at her, waiting for her reply. 'Off course,' she retorted delightfully. He grasped for air, then extinguished a sigh as he complemented her on how eloquent she looked. He wanted to kiss her badly, but reframed from doing so."

      Ergh. Just ergh. Feel my pain.

      Could of been worse.... ;-)
    • Posts: 4 Member

      "On beknown to him, as they walked hand and hand, she was filled with the upmost light heartiness and she shuttered with wicket pleasure. He peered questionably at her, waiting for her reply. 'Off course,' she retorted delightfully. He grasped for air, then extinguished a sigh as he complemented her on how eloquent she looked. He wanted to kiss her badly, but reframed from doing so."

      Ergh. Just ergh. Feel my pain.
      Go easy on them. After all, she does sound like she looks quite eloquent, but I'll reframe from reverberating further on the subject.
    • Posts: 1,650 Member
      Thats class A drunk wrighting if you ask me.:wink:
    • Posts: 407 Member
      Painful. Just Painful.
    • Posts: 770 Member
      My first thought was, "English must not be their first language!"
    • Posts: 145 Member
      I think my eyes would be bleeding!
    • Posts: 8,399 Member
      Okay, my tumblr is down and my FB friends are tired of my rants, I think. So sorry, MFP folks - it's all yours!

      I've put together a delightful mash-up of all the errors I found - just today... in ONE book... for your reading displeasure. (I'm an editor and I'm working on a book for a self-publishing company.)

      It's pretty amazing:

      "On beknown to him, as they walked hand and hand, she was filled with the upmost light heartiness and she shuttered with wicket pleasure. He peered questionably at her, waiting for her reply. 'Off course,' she retorted delightfully. He grasped for air, then extinguished a sigh as he complemented her on how eloquent she looked. He wanted to kiss her badly, but reframed from doing so."

      Ergh. Just ergh. Feel my pain.

      I could not make it past the first two words of your quote.
    • Posts: 181
      Inconceivable!!
    • Posts: 792 Member
      Okay, my tumblr is down and my FB friends are tired of my rants, I think. So sorry, MFP folks - it's all yours!

      I've put together a delightful mash-up of all the errors I found - just today... in ONE book... for your reading displeasure. (I'm an editor and I'm working on a book for a self-publishing company.)

      It's pretty amazing:

      "On beknown to him, as they walked hand and hand, she was filled with the upmost light heartiness and she shuttered with wicket pleasure. He peered questionably at her, waiting for her reply. 'Off course,' she retorted delightfully. He grasped for air, then extinguished a sigh as he complemented her on how eloquent she looked. He wanted to kiss her badly, but reframed from doing so."

      Ergh. Just ergh. Feel my pain.

      That made my head hurt.
    • Posts: 407 Member
      Could of been worse.... ;-)
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      Oh. My.
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