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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. I know exactly what you mean.

Reply to spinbaby (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 09:57 PM

Mar 2023

I'm a huge stickler for truth and facts, and when a writer gets basic things wrong I'm driven bat-shit crazy. I've been known to write notes in library books, correcting things. Worst case is i stop reading.

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Details matter [View all] spinbaby Mar 2023 OP

Lol SheltieLover Mar 2023 #1

Yup, I've run into a few of those and it's distracting. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #2

One of my professors in grad school talked about this phenomenon. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #3

There's a European plant also sometimes called marigold Retrograde Mar 2023 #4

Okay, we've waited long enough... hermetic Mar 2023 #6

I know exactly what you mean. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #5