I’ve probably fixed some without thinking about it or thinking they were
scanning mistakes, too. J
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:55 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: pet peeve -- poor editing by a publisher
publisher
I heartily agree with you, ,Judy. I hate having to put in the Comments that
all (the grammatical and punctuation,as well as many spelling errors,) are
as they are in the print book. Plus it takes extra time to check the print book
to see whether or not the mistakes are there since I can't automatically
correct them
Cindy
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you can all excuse a 30-second rant?
I wish publishers would hire editors that understood basic English grammar.
When a surname, or family name, is "Simons," the possessive is never "Simon's."
I'm working on a book that has that error in possessives for surnames that end
with an "s" throughout the original printed book.
Instead of an accolade, I'm awarding this publisher a "Smack-o-lade" -- 10
smacks on the hand with an old wooden ruler by a grammarian.
Grr.
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