Does this bother you as much as it bothers me?

[MyOwnBestCritic]

It only bothers me if it's "horrendus..." I found THAT one in a novel I was reading. The other day, the person who wrote the flyer for my house wrote "seperate" and I almost went into a coronary, though. Depends on the case... sweatdrop  

[Corn Corn]

no ones perfect. xp  

[Amaya84]

I can understand maybe a couple of typos in a long book, as no one is perfect. Yet, while reading a book a few weeks ago, I was coming across several typos a page, every two or three pages. I was pissed that I had to put the book down and almost didn't finish it. scream  

[psychoyoshi]

Yes, it bothers me as well. I really wish that people could be more careful, especially seeing as they could get money if it's published. I guess they figure if they don't catch any typos, no one else will. Stupid ignorance.  

[Patron with a Mission]

I've written, or rather, typed about 15-20 short stories in about 7 years. Although I never published, I noted that I too had some typos, grammar errors, and once, a double negative sweatdrop

So I try to sympathize with the authors that have published books out there. They are, after all, only human. smile  

[Bug Q Dlestra]

I've never been genuinely irritated at a typo in a novel, but they can be a bit of a nuisance. My thoughts on seeing one are usually close to, "Hey, I wonder how many people have seen this one?" or if I find more than one, "Maybe I should be recording these for their editors." (although I rarely do) Am I just weird that way? emo  

[-l- Eli -l-]

One problem with proofreading your own work is that you're not as likely to read it as you are to -skim- it and just -think- what you know it means. I know that's why I'll miss typos and other glaring mistakes in my own writing unless I put it down for a long time (weeks).

What you might not know about professional editors is that they are often as involved in the project of writing a novel as the author is. They'll go over the same piece so many times, during its writing and after it's done, that they'll end up doing the same thing. And since they're often making corrections for grammar, flow, continuity, and who knows what else, they might be the ones responsible for the typos and becoming blind to them.

Or it could be some kind of transcription/printing error. This one book I just read had the period at the end of a sentence missing with weird regularity. I don't think that was caused by the author or editor simply forgetting to hit the . key that many times.  

[Kumquat Pornography]

I agree with some of you, we are only human. We DO make mistakes. Even if it's our job.

Listen, if you had to read three trillion words a day, and correct them, you're bound to make a mistake somewhere. You just get tired.

And the typo or grammar mistake may be overlooked if it's a childrens book, children aren't going to point it out or get it!

But I understand people on the other side as well, it does annoy me if they're in text books or books of learning or high importance. They can have many, many historians and editors on that one! But once again:

WE ARE ALL HUMAN. HUMAN = MISTAKES SOMETIMES

No one is perfect.

/rant

 

[joannemily]

Yes, the minor errors may be distracting, but I suppose on occasion they are forgivable. It's the extremely obvious typos that really bother me. Last year in World History our text book spelled "environment" without the second "n". That was unbearable. And I read a book (The Warrior Heir, author?) that was completely full of grammatical errors and I couldn't stand it!  

[Fuku Taichou]

Yes it bothers me, and I do tend to notice it and think, "Wow, That's bad." However, people are imperfect, and sometimes it can happen. There are times when I'll think I've typed something perfectly, and then I look back and notice a typo or something that doesn't quite read smoothly. I'm sure these moments can happen to everyone - even professionals. I also remember that books are typed, and whoever is typing could have made the error. I can relate because although I know how to spell, there are times when my fingers will jumble up the letters.

If there's more than one error, though, I think there's a bigger problem.  

[Counterfeit Self]

AdiGallia

Sometimes, when I'm looking at some form of literature (This includes textbooks, regular books, comic books, and comic strips) I come across something dreadful: a typo or grammatical (or sometimes even spelling) error.

It really, really bothers me when that happened. These people are SUPPOSED to be professionals, and they even have editors. So why don't they check to see if they typed everything correctly?

Gah, sorry, this just really bothers me. ^^;

I think that if you're going to have writing of any kind as a profession, you should be able to use proper grammar.

Agree? Or am I blowing this way out of proportion?

No you aren't blowing this our of proportion but.....
I have a problem with the sentence that is in bold. You verb tenses are different. the sentence should read "It really, really bothers me when that happens."
Sorry to do that to you, but it was bothering me.