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<blockquote data-quote="Mozmar" data-source="post: 1987342996" data-attributes="member: 29227">[USER=29320]@GirlAfraidWillNeverLearn[/USER] thanks so much for your 'little review', very helpful &amp; very much appreciated...I know I've been (jokingly) pestering you for it, so again thanks very much.As a fellow pedant, I share your disappointment with the reported errors, and the very thought of 'tons of spelling and grammar errors and lots of missing or superfluous words' is a bit of a turn-off, &amp; just smells like something thrown together against a rushed deadline, with little due diligence, or care.Like you say, 'many of them could have been avoided' , which again might have been the case with a bit more diligence by the author. I'd find that really irritating tbf.The misquotes, which you mention, would irritate me also, but I guess if you weren't conversant with Autobiography, then you probably wouldn't have noticed those particular annoyances. Based on what you said, I (naturally) checked, &amp;, of course, you're correct, that quote does not appear.It's slightly disappointing that it's not a book for hardcore fans, as that would have been my personal preference, &amp; from what you've said, it seems a bit of a mixed bag, targeting fans somewhere around mid-range on the 'fan scale'. I'm sure some will find it of interest.Thanks again; very helpful indeed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mozmar, post: 1987342996, member: 29227"] [USER=29320]@GirlAfraidWillNeverLearn[/USER] thanks so much for your [I]'little review'[/I], very helpful & very much appreciated...I know I've been (jokingly) pestering you for it, so again thanks very much. As a fellow pedant, I share your disappointment with the reported errors, and the very thought of '[I]tons of spelling and grammar errors and lots of missing or superfluous words' [/I]is a bit of a turn-off,[I] & [/I]just smells like something thrown together against a rushed deadline, with little due diligence, or care. Like you say, [I]'many of them could have been avoided' , [/I]which again might have been the case with a bit more diligence by the author. I'd find that really irritating tbf. The misquotes, which you mention, would irritate me also, but I guess if you weren't conversant with [I]Autobiography[/I], then you probably wouldn't have noticed those particular annoyances. Based on what you said, I (naturally) checked, &, of course, you're correct, that quote does not appear. It's slightly disappointing that it's not a book for hardcore fans, as that would have been my personal preference, & from what you've said, it seems a bit of a mixed bag, targeting fans somewhere around mid-range on the [I]'fan scale'[/I]. I'm sure some will find it of interest. Thanks again; very helpful indeed. :) [/QUOTE]

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