Here’s something about me…as I read books I ALWAYS find spelling or grammatic errors so I decided I will post the ones I find and where on here. I always told myself I would keep a log of this. It drives me absolutely crazy!!! Editors – DO YOUR JOB!!! Or else, I just may take over!! 
I’ll need to go back through all my books again and find these errors but this will build over time! I’ve gotten out my red pen and I’m ready for action!
1. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen – Page 319, Second paragraph, second sentence.
“My ribs show, and the a few hairs left on my chest are white.” - Remove the “a” and then you have a sentence.
2. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah – Page 195, Second to last paragraph, first sentence.
“For years, she’d expended effort to keep the faucet of her longing for him turned off, but now that he so close, there was no holding back.” - “That he was so close.”
And another from her book. Page 216, 7th paragraph, 3rd sentence.
“She wanted to say more, pray to God to for help, but while she was grasping for words, the world tilted sickeningly and she passed out.” - “pray to God for help” Don’t need the extra “to” in there!
I love when stuff like this happens in books. I mean, they have like a zillion people look over these things. How does obvious stuff like that slip by?
I know it!!! It drives me absolutely bonkers! Every book I’ve ever read has at least one mistake! I’m excited to go back through and find them all…and then, I hope someone makes me the top Editor for a publishing house.
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Right!! Where are the editors!!
Seriously! These people get paid WAY too much to do nothing!
Trust me, as a former magazine editor/current freelance editor, they don’t get paid much at all.
The occasional mistake happens, but I agree that it’s frustrating when you find a book that is full of errors.
Well thats a shame!! I always thought I had a calling…but I’m thinking if the money isn’t worth it..well then
Can you say “spell check”? These errors are grammatical, not spelling, so the editors out there must be relying on spell check and speeding through the text when they read.
We live in the digital age where spell check has replaced actual effort.
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