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I happened to glance at the book and the first thing I see is the first line of the blurb on the back cover says the dragon is "wronger" or "worser" (I can't remember now exactly)... how terrible!
Which relates to the book how, exactly? Authors don't write the blurb, usually. In addition, even prescriptivists realize, or should, that there are legitimate reasons for using "wrong" grammar, for example, when writing as somebody (such as a child) who would use that sort of construction.
While there is some spark of originality in this book, the actual plot and characters are all prefabricated. Simply from reading the back cover I could tell this book would not win any awards. This was due to the fact that grammatical errors were present in the excerpt on the book's jacket, which you would think someone might have caught, considering the excerpt tends to be the main selling point. Let this be a warning to all potential readers, only order if you desire mediocrity.
Again, unless you QUOTE the excerpt, we have no way of deciding whether or not it is reasonable to judge it on those grounds. Given that the main character is still fairly young, it would make sense for him to not always speak "perfect English".
*skips over several reviews that've been reviewed before*
I really loved this book but unfortunatley it did not reach the high and extremely lovable standards of Darklord of Derkholm but it was still wonderfully Diane Wynne Jones!!!
*shudders* See, now, THIS is bad grammar.
Okay. Done NOW.
Which relates to the book how, exactly? Authors don't write the blurb, usually. In addition, even prescriptivists realize, or should, that there are legitimate reasons for using "wrong" grammar, for example, when writing as somebody (such as a child) who would use that sort of construction.
While there is some spark of originality in this book, the actual plot and characters are all prefabricated. Simply from reading the back cover I could tell this book would not win any awards. This was due to the fact that grammatical errors were present in the excerpt on the book's jacket, which you would think someone might have caught, considering the excerpt tends to be the main selling point. Let this be a warning to all potential readers, only order if you desire mediocrity.
Again, unless you QUOTE the excerpt, we have no way of deciding whether or not it is reasonable to judge it on those grounds. Given that the main character is still fairly young, it would make sense for him to not always speak "perfect English".
*skips over several reviews that've been reviewed before*
I really loved this book but unfortunatley it did not reach the high and extremely lovable standards of Darklord of Derkholm but it was still wonderfully Diane Wynne Jones!!!
*shudders* See, now, THIS is bad grammar.
Okay. Done NOW.
