WTF beta reader?

[digital_opium]

Does anyone actually realize that beta reading actually involves ... wait for it... READING?

Yet another fic where the author thanks so and so for being their *airquotes* beta reader, and within two paragraphs I notice three or four errors.

Dude. Running something through word (or the equivalent) spell and grammar check doesn't count as beta reading. The author should be able to do that much.

Let's not even get into continuity and form.

*mutter mutter grumble*

Kids these days. A good walk five miles to a beta reader in a howling blizzard up-hill both ways would teach them a thing or two.

*grumble mutter mutter*


ETA: It's 'would have', people, not 'would of'. *mutter grumble mutter*

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[kittydesade.livejournal.com]

Or woulda, if you're dialecting it. :)

[will-porter.livejournal.com]

ETA: It's 'would have', people, not 'would of'. *mutter grumble mutter*

Arrrgh! That is SUCH a peeve of mine!

Also:

The past tense of lead is led, not lead. *g*

Something is better THAN something else, not better THEN something else.

[finishedlast.livejournal.com]

MEEEEEEP! My hot buttons! Here we go with the bastardisation of the language. Someone recently told me, "You should of went..." I just about exploded. Do you suppose there will come a day when it won't hurt so much? And their/they're/there confusion is always good for a hike in blood pressure. Then there's 'Opps' instead of 'Oops'! Why? Why, doctor, why?

And let's not get into the topic of punctuation. There's a book out there called, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves." It's a gripping read. That's all I'm saying!

/rant!