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Post by janetandjohn on Jun 17, 2017 7:17:35 GMT
Margaret - It's handbag. But why it is, we may never know! belletinker
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Post by bookmadkirstie on Jun 17, 2017 7:29:54 GMT
I have not noticed that before peppercricket but obviously now I will I'm not the best at grammar so I do not tend to spot errors but I spot spelling mistakes and I find this quite frustratingI second that! Found a few lately and even on ebooks, surely spell check should pick them up?
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Post by elliej84 on Jun 17, 2017 7:31:40 GMT
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Post by Kat2011 on Aug 23, 2017 10:40:36 GMT
No chapters, thankfully it doesn't come up often, but I need somewhere to stop and be easy to pick up again, also long chapters for the same reason.
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Post by anzee on Aug 24, 2017 11:41:05 GMT
Yet another reason for me to avoid e-books. I often notice spelling, grammar and punctuation errors in newspapers and books. Very frustrating. Standards have definitely slipped. I also dislike the creeping introduction of Americanisms. 'Take a rain check' is a particularly irritating one.
I also sometimes notice other errors in books and wonder why the editors didn't pick them up. For example, when reading Ken Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth' for my reading group some years ago. There's a long chapter early on when the main characters are walking through a forest at night and the advent of dawn is described, then a few pages later, dawn breaks again! There was another continuity error later on, but I forget what it was now. There was another historical novel I read round about the same time - it might have been James Wilde's 'Hereward' - where the hero doesn't have his sword with him for some reason, then a few pages later he mysteriously has it back.
I was also very annoyed by a historical error when reading 'The Silver Locomotive Mystery' by Edward Marston, which is set in the 1850s. There's a rather obnoxious, Mrs. Proudie-like character who is being blackmailed for the return of a stolen item. Her weak husband forbids her to pay the ransom, but she insists, saying that it's her own money, and goes to the bank, withdraws the sum required and pays the ransom. This was impossible at that time. Prior to the Married Woman's Property Act of 1870, a woman could neither possess nor control any money or property in her own right, even that which she inherited and brought to the marriage. If she left her husband, she had no right to take any possessions with her, and certainly had no rights over her own children. (This injustice forms the basis of the plot of Ann Bronte's excellent novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.') Edward Marston should have known better, as the bank concerned would never have handed over the money.
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Post by peppercricket on Aug 24, 2017 11:43:29 GMT
The one I've just read had McMillan say "you've never had it so good" in 1956. He said it in 1957. Mind you, it was an uncorrected proof, so it could have been corrected by now! Another book stated that Jack the Ripper would have "looked at this same view" (as the main protagonist) - he was overlooking the Thames and seeing Tower Bridge. Er no, Tower Bridge was started in 1886 and opened in 1894. Whoopsie. It's the little things isn't it!
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Post by anzee on Aug 24, 2017 11:56:26 GMT
I can't find a way to quote bookmadkistie - I'm sure I managed to quote someone a few days ago, but now when I try there's nowhere for me to type anything and I end up having to delete my blank post. I just wanted to say that spellchecks are highly unreliable, in my experience. (I often make mistakes when typing.) Even if geared to British rather than American English, they pick up on non-existent errors while often ignoring genuine ones.
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Post by janetandjohn on Aug 24, 2017 16:17:42 GMT
I can't find a way to quote bookmadkistie - I'm sure I managed to quote someone a few days ago, but now when I try there's nowhere for me to type anything and I end up having to delete my blank post. I just wanted to say that spellchecks are highly unreliable, in my experience. (I often make mistakes when typing.) Even if geared to British rather than American English, they pick up on non-existent errors while often ignoring genuine ones. Look! I just clicked on the "quote" button, and here I am! You just go back to her post and at top right you will see that button. Jus make sure you don't type in the shadow box that contains the other person's words, and off you you. We can all see that quote button on other people's posts.
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Post by anzee on Aug 24, 2017 16:35:16 GMT
I can't find a way to quote bookmadkistie - I'm sure I managed to quote someone a few days ago, but now when I try there's nowhere for me to type anything and I end up having to delete my blank post. I just wanted to say that spellchecks are highly unreliable, in my experience. (I often make mistakes when typing.) Even if geared to British rather than American English, they pick up on non-existent errors while often ignoring genuine ones. Look! I just clicked on the "quote" button, and here I am! You just go back to her post and at top right you will see that button. Jus make sure you don't type in the shadow box that contains the other person's words, and off you you. We can all see that quote button on other people's posts. I didn't think of scrolling down to the end of your post. Hope I've got it right this time.
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Post by janetandjohn on Aug 24, 2017 16:42:46 GMT
Look! I just clicked on the "quote" button, and here I am! You just go back to her post and at top right you will see that button. Jus make sure you don't type in the shadow box that contains the other person's words, and off you you. We can all see that quote button on other people's posts. I think I've got it now. Didn't think of scrolling down. Hope I've got it right this time. Yay! told you you could do it! Just click your cursor where you want to start typing underneath the shadow box like I have done here, and Bob's your uncle.
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