Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: Counting Crows, 'Have You Seen Me Lately?'

Gems from the proofing mines.

Time once again for my favorite semi-regular feature, Horrible Things What Seanan's Proofreaders Say To Her. Today's special guest star is Brooke, taking us for a tour of her wonderful, terrible lagoon with the following gems.

* "Sort of" and "real" need to have a totally hot double date together in the wishy-washy modifier bistro, which is way more romantic than this sentence. Hop in, guys! Alligatormousine will take you right there! Chop chop! Cupid awaits!

* This digression is mildly boring. Toby is bored because she's bad at it, but not the kind of bored where she starts fights, so I'm bored too.

* Needs a serving of Pronoun-Aid, The Handy Kitchen Helper That Clarifies While-U-Wait.

* That would be a really affecting sentence except for how it starts with almost. ALMOST! ALLIGATOR AQUACISE HOUR! 10% discount when you sign up for two classes at the Lagoon fitness center!

Bless you, Brooke, for the way you abuse me. Also, I suggest you lock the doors tonight before you go to bed. I know where you sleep.
Tags: editing, i love my editors, late eclipses, proofreading, silliness
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seanan_mcguire

April 7 2009, 17:49:45 UTC 8 years ago

They are occasionally necessary words, but I think we all depend on them a bit over-much at times.

archangelbeth

April 7 2009, 18:20:25 UTC 8 years ago

*nod* That's about right.

I think I'm going to have to check out "realize" and "really" at some point in the future. Not too many unnecessary "real"s, but I do love those other two words, I do.

And I axed at least one "almost," yay!