Spacing

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Post by Ndagire Hassifah1 »

Does too much spacing between words considered an error?

If yes, how do you submit such errors to the review team when you find them all over the book?
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Post by Manang Muyang »

You need to determine if the error is a formatting error. Maybe your reading device is not compatible with the ebook as well. Both these issues will result in pervasive "errors" throughout the book.

That said, it is very possible that extra spacing is a grammatical error. I know this isn't very helpful, but you need to examine each case separately.
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If it's all over the book, it's more likely the formatting, as the user above mentioned. If it's an occasional thing, I would be more inclined to think that it is a legitimate typo. If it is the latter, I would go about marking it as an error in any other typical way that you would for other errors.
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Post by Omneya Shakeep »

You need to be sure that it isn't a format error. Try changing the app you are reading with if possible. If it's a format error it will appear. If not possible try copying a few of the sentences with the spacing error to a word file, it will also help to clarify if it's an error or not.
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Post by Emily Meadows »

I agree with what everyone said above. I will often adjust the size of the font on my Kindle to see if the "typo" lingers. But if yes, I will generally list it as an error, give the page number, and say "too many spaces between x word and x word". If there is any doubt, I will make it an uncounted error.
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