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has a very pedantic copyeditor - in his chapter on the joys of mess he explains that this obsessin with cleanliness is a modern innovation and that our ancestors had a spring clean once a year & the rest of the time, I believe, they would push dirt under the carpet to which she has written This may seem like splitting hairs, but I dont think our ancestors did this - at least, anyone who had a carpet would probably have a maid to clean under it. Perhaps rephrase as. . . they would have a spring clean once a year. The rest of the time it is much more sensible to push the dirt under the carpet. to which he has very firmly replied that if she is going to edit all the nonsense out of the book there wont be any book left. she has also challenged the spelling of one of the artists featured in the book - hes called Mat Shinode Puie - apparently she cant find him in Grove/online etc. of course she cant - its an anagram of I made this one up
Posted on: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:19:01 +0000

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