What type of error to report?
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What type of error to report?
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When I have had to report errors, I always look up grammatical rules on Google if I am not sure. Bear in mind that you want to use credible sites for grammatical rules (not sites like Reddit, social media opinions, etc.). There are times when the author uses words in a stylistic manner, making it difficult to know for sure if it is an error or not. If you are unsure, make a separate list with a title stating "Uncounted Errors" and list the error with the page/location number, the sentence the error is in, and a description of the error in question. It would also help to include a description of why you think it is an error, but you are not sure.
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Some comma errors are objective errors and need to be counted. Others are stylistic and should not be counted. It's very important to remember that both American English and British English are acceptable. This is why we don't count off for not using an Oxford comma, among other things. You can see previous topics for more information on this.Anna Bookowski wrote: ↑07 Aug 2021, 08:14 This also makes me confused sometimes. Outside the obvious spelling errors or typos, the most common are punctuation errors. Sometimes I don't know if I should list them as counted or uncounted errors - usually one can find at least a few missing commas in any given book - but I'm never sure if these should be treated seriously or just minor errors that should not count. I wonder how other reviewers are dealing with this issue?
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While navigating through the chapters of the current book I'm reading, I observed that all the subheadings are marked in bold, which aids in easy navigation and comprehension. However, in some chapter in between, I couldn't find a subheading marked in bold as is consistent throughout the rest of the book. It might be a minor detail, but I believe it could enhance the reader's experience by maintaining uniform formatting. Do I mark this as a error? But it's not a typo error.
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