Transformers Venting thread!

[UltraMarginal]

Yes. Very.

you can talk!

[GoktimusPrime]

*sigh* All 3 of the latest issues of Transformers contain spelling & grammar mistakes. I enjoyed the stories overall (which I'll elaborate more in the relevant review threads), but seeing continued simple mistakes in the IDW comics just adds a sour aftertaste. They really need to hire a native English speaker to proof-read their writing.

[DELTAprime]

*sigh* All 3 of the latest issues of Transformers contain spelling & grammar mistakes. I enjoyed the stories overall (which I'll elaborate more in the relevant review threads), but see continued simple mistakes in the IDW comics just adds a sour aftertaste. They really need to hire a native English speaker to proof-read their writing.

A native English speaker? Are they outsourcing their writing to China?

[Sinnertwin]

*sigh* All 3 of the latest issues of Transformers contain spelling & grammar mistakes. I enjoyed the stories overall (which I'll elaborate more in the relevant review threads), but see continued simple mistakes in the IDW comics just adds a sour aftertaste. They really need to hire a native English speaker to proof-read their writing.

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[GoktimusPrime]

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D'oh! Fix'd.

[prjkt]

I have to say that was a pretty hilarious case of irony with that post there Gok

[GoktimusPrime]

I have to say that was a pretty hilarious case of irony with that post there Gok

But that demonstrates the simply process of how corrections can be detected and corrected. I wrote a piece of text, Sinnertwin detected an error and it was corrected. All in the span of 88 minutes.

Author creates text.
Editor proof-reads text and highlights any mistakes.
Mistakes are corrected.
Text is published.

And these are people who are being paid to write, and the audience is also paying money to read their writing! Professional writers and editors who are making a living from their writing should absolutely be maintaining a higher standard than people casually typing on the internet!

[Zommael]

But that demonstrates the simply process of how corrections can be detected and corrected. I wrote a piece of text, Sinnertwin detected an error and it was corrected. All in the span of 88 minutes.

Author creates text.
Editor proof-reads text and highlights any mistakes.
Mistakes are corrected.
Text is published.

And these are people who are being paid to write, and the audience is also paying money to read their writing! Professional writers and editors who are making a living from their writing should absolutely be maintaining a higher standard than people casually typing on the internet!

I hope that you do bear this in mind before making these posts, but what you or I might consider an error might barely register as a stylistic choice to others. I don't know what errors you are picking up as you haven't posted examples, but they can't be any worse than Marvel's consistent incorrect usage of the word "insure", or some posters on this board who write *shudder* "could of".

[Mythirax]

The errors don't phase me. So long as they keep the comics coming, I'm a happy chap

[GoktimusPrime]

I hope that you do bear this in mind before making these posts, but what you or I might consider an error might barely register as a stylistic choice to others. I don't know what errors you are picking up as you haven't posted examples, but they can't be any worse than Marvel's consistent incorrect usage of the word "insure", or some posters on this board who write *shudder* "could of".

I'm not talking about stylistic choices, such as the way that the Dinobots speak in a 'rough' manner of speech. I'm talking about things which are just wrong, and cannot be justified even through the stylistic speech mannerism of the character.

Admittedly none of them are as bad as using a preposition as a verb (e.g. "could of"), but some of them do involve just using the wrong verb. Others are spelling errors and other types of incorrect grammar usage. For example, in MTMTE #47, Whirl says, "I've having "second thoughts."". The verb "having" is incorrectly used in the present continuous tense. In order for Whirl to emphasise the importance of his actions, the verb should be in the past tense, i.e. "I've had "second thoughts."" Or you can also break those two verbs up as they are with the use of a past participle, e.g. "I've been having "second thoughts."" Or you could simply use the first person singular present indicative; i.e. "I'm having "second thoughts."" This is just one of many. I'm deliberately avoiding posting massive walls of text about every error that I'm finding.