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Pierre asked this question about Unforgettable Mistake:
I'm usually not a grammar nazi but 2 quotes from the blurb: ...when Harmon come looking for job. ...from the man whose captured his attention. Talk about shooting oneself in the foot! So, the question is: Am I narrow-minded if I don't want to try the book?
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a) In my not very humble opinion you're n…moreYour question just showed up in my feed, so I'm just going to give you my answers. Hello, unknown friend :-).

a) In my not very humble opinion you're not a grammar nazi until you don't read a book because somewhere in the blurb the Oxford comma wasn't used in the way you prefer. Because, yeah, well, no.

b) In case the blurb was otherwise really enticing I'd go and have a look at a sample at Amazon or whatever your retailer of choice is. It's still possible that the blurb was written by an intern at the poblisher ant se buk itself hass relly gut shpelling.

If the spelling in the sample bothers you (and it would bother me, and I'm not even an English native speaker), skip it. If people work with language and are terrible spillers (and I can't blame them for that because English spelling MAKES NO SENSE!) they should at least make sure other people catch as many mistakes as possible. Even a beta reader could have caught those mistakes.

An author is selling me words like a restaurant is selling me food. A dish is not delicious because there are almost all the right spices in the almost right amount in there.(less)
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