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Daily Archives: November 19, 2013
NaBloPoMo XIX: On the Necessity of Editing and Proofreading Text
He held out a hand. “I’m John Smith.”
“Jane Brown,” said Jane, …
“Are you on holiday?” asked Jane.
“Yes. I … excuse me.”
I didn’t get his name, thought Jane. He’s very attractive.
Did you spot the glaring error in the above text? If you did, please leave a comment and tell me what it is. I’ll reveal it in tomorrow’s blog post. Tip: the verb ‘get’ doesn’t mean ‘understand’ in this context. Continue reading
Posted in Editing & Proofreading, Writing
Tagged Amazon Kindle, Beyond Black, copy editing, Hilary Mantel, Mystery & Suspense, NaBloPoMo, proofreading, Publishing
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