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Here's the thing though - the writer should have the artistic liberty to use the punctuation they desire.
by temuze 12y ago
Here's the thing though - the writer should have the artistic liberty to use the punctuation they desire.
- moron4hire 12y agoYes, but there is a difference between intentionally using bad grammar to invoke ambiguity, and unintentionally getting in the way of a story because the writer doesn't know better.
- kevin_thibedeau 12y agoSad that he blew £1000 on an "editor" incapable of tidying up the hyphenation mess.
- jackmoore 12y agoTo be fair, we don't know how much worse the text was prior to bringing an editor on.
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- tim333 12y agore: "red-head scarf", I'm skeptical that the artistic intention was that it was a scarf for redheads being repurposed for white hair. Though I have not read the story so that might be part of the plot for all I know.
- fluidcruft 12y agoIt could be a scarf that somehow makes you look like a redhead.
- lucio 12y agoPlaying devil's advocate, Amazon should have the liberty to choose what to sell. Obviously, they cannot abuse, bad publicity is bad for sales, but in this case -IANANES- (I'm not a native english speaker) the examples sound bad. "red-head scarf" is -to me, IANANES- a scarf made of a red head or a scarf specially designed for redheads.