That Shirley Jackson example is particularly galling because her prose is considered by many people to be about as close to perfect as a human can get. Better t

That Shirley Jackson example is particularly galling because her prose is considered by many people to be about as close to perfect as a human can get. Better than Hemingway's. IIRC, her editor said in an interview that she was their easiest client to work with, because her work didn't actually need editing.