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by Nanzikambe 3598 days ago
Agreed. After reading the snippet of the manuscript in the OP's screen-shot this sprung to mind:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10049454/Dont-make-fun-of...
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ggambetta 3598 days ago
See my comment here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12314100

Also, English is not my native language. In fact I wrote and published the novel in Spanish first (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I1EU1Q0). I didn't trust my English enough to translate it myself, so I hired a translator to do the job. The result is OK but I have the feeling I could have written it better! FWIW, I'm probably going to write whatever I write next in English.

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jessaustin 3597 days ago
If you don't mind revealing this information, which version is doing better?
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ggambetta 3597 days ago
They're both rounding errors, to be honest!
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jessaustin 3598 days ago
Oh that is golden. "The critics said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive." Apparently DB isn't an Oxford comma man?
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