I asked my mom to buy me some books I could read while I did my "warding" duties to my lola in the hospital. Little did I know that I would be bombarded with outrageous mistakes in spelling and grammar in all the stories I read. It would have been fine if the same bloopers were made twice, but all throughout the story?!
Ano kaming readers, bobo?
I do love to read cheap books especially if they're quite a steal, but to subject the readers' senses to multiple errors is just not right. They don't add to the stories' humor, if the stories are supposed to be humorous.
Writers, I'm also a writer. I do know how hard it is to rectify your own mistakes when it comes to grammar. And spelling. However, "convinience" 10 times in a book is...unimaginable! Kahit isang beses man lang, di natama? Hanubayan!
Editors, you're supposed to check for errors in the manuscripts you receive. Why, oh, why didn't do your job properly? Really, is it too much to ask?
Occasional mistakes are fine. I'm a very forgiving person. Besides, I do commit the same ridiculous errors sometimes. But I'm a writer for the new media; I can change those blunders even after 3 years; I am my own editor.
Sana naman ay di gaanong nakaka-eskandalo ang mga pagkakamali natin sa maiikling nobelang sinusulat natin. Kung computer ang gamit sa pagta-type ng mga storya, gamitin kahit man lang ang spell checker.
No offense meant. Thank you po.
Yours truly,
Shari Cruz
 | Ano nga palang pocketbooks yan, yung romance chuva ek ek? Haha! |
 | Yep! Hanupangaba? Haha.
Buti sana kung ito yung mga cheap books sa palengke eh. Yung mga tig-5 to 10 pesos? Kaso hindi eh. Eto yung mga P30-40 na libro! Asar! |
 | Pfft. Kamag-anak siguro ng dating editor yung editor na nag-edit ng pocketbook na yan.
Baka sira ang spell checker and dun lang umaasa yung editor. Hahahaha |
| HUWAW! Ngayon ko lang napansin ang profile pic mo. HAHAHAHAHAH! Prinsesa ka na pala ngayon! |
| Haha. Kinikitaan pa nila ito. Bwiset. |
 | shari, bago ako magcomment, tingnan mo na lang blog ni keysinunez.com dun may makikita kang post tungkol sa isang blog sa friendster. At it has surpassed all my expectations of good grammar. LOL. |
| rakshari wrote on Nov 3, '07, edited on Nov 3, '07 Pumalakpak yung tenga ko dun sa 3rd screenshot. At least she got the first sentence right. Haha! |
 | noted. but please lets not generalize. thanks. |
| rakshari wrote on Mar 9, edited on Mar 9 Thank you. It wasn't my intention to generalize. My apologies if it's quite a sweeping statement. I was merely talking about the books I read that time.
But then, of course, the message to authors and editors goes to everybody. :) |
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So TREAT ME AS ONE!!! 