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calimac ([personal profile] calimac) wrote2012-04-10 04:58 pm

the form of thy counting

Question: Should I continue reading a book on literary style after I find, on the fifth page, a reference to a writer who "has four principle themes"?

[identity profile] sturgeonslawyer.livejournal.com 2012-04-11 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it could be a typo. Or the author could be dyslexic. Or...

[identity profile] kalimac.livejournal.com 2012-04-11 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Neither typo nor dyslexia would explain this. Nor would either excuse its not being caught in the editorial process.
Edited 2012-04-11 02:26 (UTC)