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I am reading a biog, and there have been at least 5 typos, so far, i am disgusted!!

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piratecat · 23/02/2008 11:11

I mean if I can find them, then what the f was the proof person doing???

These aren't sloppy sentences either, they are major spelling mistakes, and on one occasion a word was completely missed out!!!

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TidyTink · 23/02/2008 14:05

Lol

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piratecat · 23/02/2008 11:41

A Million Little Typos, then!

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piratecat · 23/02/2008 11:40

lol, I thought my god I am so out of my depth here with these pedants!

Well I am realising Pattie Boyd did alot of drugs so maybe these typos are just 'her'?
She is coming across as a bit of a flake.

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Nbg · 23/02/2008 11:33

Ahhh I thought you meant blog too

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TidyTink · 23/02/2008 11:32

Its A Million Little Pieces im reading....a lot of typos!

Also my DD has a book (Elmer and Rose) it has a very silly spelling error in it and i wonder if it has been proof read atall!!!

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piratecat · 23/02/2008 11:31

Yes! They just stick out like a sore thumb.

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pukkapatch · 23/02/2008 11:29

i often find missing words, or the incorrect spelling used. so their, instead of there.
always wonder who proof read it and perhaps i should take it up instead

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sandcastles · 23/02/2008 11:28

Ahhh, ok...so by biog, you mean biography not blog !

Agree, not good!

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piratecat · 23/02/2008 11:26

Perhaps we are reading the same one!! It's been co-written, and I am really surprised, and can honestly say I have never come across so many mistakes in one book.

The book is by Pattie Boyd.

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TidyTink · 23/02/2008 11:24

Im reading a biog at the mo too and have found more than enough typos, dunno maybe the proof people are dyslexic!!!!

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piratecat · 23/02/2008 11:21

Yet I am not writing a book.

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sandcastles · 23/02/2008 11:18

Have you seen your title?

Biog?
i am?

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Nbg · 23/02/2008 11:17

what if they are dyslexic?

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