From a "non-author" (translation, I've only ever posted at grangersnape100), I have tried to be supportive when I read stories. As an educator, I know the value of positive reinforcement even when there are problems; therefore, I strive to make reviews as positive as possible. Usually, if I have an issue, I'll say something like "I'm enjoying the way you have brought the emotions out for the characters. However there are several small things that need to be addressed. You used there instead of their when you said....Again, I've enjoyed what I've read and would like to see more." However, I've never been intentionally nasty. And I don't see the point in having a second ID just for leaving reviews. I have two different IDs, but that is only b/c of a hacker incident on ONE archive so I use my queenp ID where possible and mpoe71 on the other archive...
Very often these days, I find that books don't do that any more. Have you read a fiction lately? How many typos, non-sentences, lacking commas, superfluous commas have you found? I think this is because they are moving away from using real people for the editing and are relying on computer programs to do it for them. Unfortunately, programs can only do so much...A person can differentiate between their and there and they're while a program just sees that the word is spelled correctly. It's aggravating to me when I see mistakes in a book...but that may just be the teacher in me. I see it as tacit approval for the grammar rules to be ignored. /rant
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Date: 2006-07-17 12:54 pm (UTC)Very often these days, I find that books don't do that any more. Have you read a fiction lately? How many typos, non-sentences, lacking commas, superfluous commas have you found? I think this is because they are moving away from using real people for the editing and are relying on computer programs to do it for them. Unfortunately, programs can only do so much...A person can differentiate between their and there and they're while a program just sees that the word is spelled correctly. It's aggravating to me when I see mistakes in a book...but that may just be the teacher in me. I see it as tacit approval for the grammar rules to be ignored.
/rant