I’m in Reuters

Normally, I’m not the type of card carrying English major to correct mistakes, but I couldn’t resist this little correction.

Literary Illusions

Turns out that I didn’t buy the book at all. My wife wants to wait for a better time to read it. So, no trip to the airport. (Turns out the grocery store had copies at $20.99.) All the critical stuff has been spoiled for me already.

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5 Responses to I’m in Reuters

  1. Alan says:

    Its nice to see how the editor responded to you’re advise about there grammar mistake. Sometimes people let criticism effect them in a bad way. But this editor did not loose his cool. He raised up and admitted his mistake. He excepted your correction well. If I was you I would be pretty pleased.

    So… In the preceding paragraph, how many errors did I make? ;->

  2. pinakidion says:

    Reuters has a Good, Bad & the Ugly section to deal with stuff like this. Some of the notes sent to the editor are really nasty.

    At least eight and two infractions of commonly accepted style. :)

  3. toeteaknow says:

    It[']s nice to see how the editor responded to you’re [your]advise [advice]about there [their] grammar mistake. Sometimes[,] people let criticism effect[affect] them[;] in a bad way [unnecessary][however,]But[delete] this editor did not loose [lose] his cool. He raised [rose] up and admitted his mistake. He excepted [accepted] your correction[.] well[unnecessary]. If I was[were] you[,] I would be pretty[very] pleased.

    It’s nice to see how the editor responded to your advice about their grammar mistake. Sometimes, people let criticism affect them; however, this editor did not lose his cool. He rose up and admitted his mistake. He accepted your correction. If I were you, I would be very pleased.

    Now, the questions is: How many mistakes did I make? ;^)

  4. pinakidion says:

    English Literature, not English Grammar. The diploma says, “Medieval British Literature, Non-Chaucer” beneath English Literature and Language.

    Rock knows a good editor, ask him.

  5. rh says:

    The book is cheaper at Target.

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