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Pyre Dynasty
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Sorry I just had to share this line I just read:

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Mr. Martel likes to have healthy young people work with here, as you'll notice.

This was in a published book! What kind of person could pass that?


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I noticed that it sucked.
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Perhaps an editor who relies too heavily on the spell/grammar checker?
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My guess is that the Editor was the Spell/Grammer check. Since earlier in the book they refered to Sensors as Censors. Although that one made me laugh everytime they passed their card passed the Censor it beeped as if they said some obscenity.
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LOL! Spell/Grammer check is great, but I've seen too many examples of homonyms that it misses, perfectly acceptable grammer that it wants to toss, and atrocious grammer that it ignores. Absolutely nothing beats a good sharp pair of eyes!

Susan


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Except a two-by-four.
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.....or anything with legs.....
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