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message 1: by Dale (new)

Dale Lehman (dalelehman) | 1814 comments Saw this in a GR book ad that was served to me:

"A brilliantly told tale of drug addiction: it's cause, it's consequences & it's cure."

Brilliantly told, maybe, but not so brilliantly spelled. Ouch . . .


message 2: by Marie Silk (new)

Marie Silk | 208 comments Oh dear :(


message 3: by Amy (new)

Amy Hamilton | 2560 comments Whoops


message 4: by Catherine (new)

Catherine Milos | 18 comments As an author and editor, I definitely agree that copy editing matters. That being said, we all make mistakes! There are lots of famous books with errors. This quote did make me wince a weensy bit though.


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Theodore Cohen (theodorejeromecohen) | 1449 comments Dale wrote: "Saw this in a GR book ad that was served to me:

"A brilliantly told tale of drug addiction: it's cause, it's consequences & it's cure."

Brilliantly told, maybe, but not so brilliantly spelled. Ou..."


And who uses "&" that way? The shame!


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