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I just saw a quote attributed to Heinlein.
"Always leave a few errors for your editor to correct. After he pees in the soup, he likes the taste better."
Real? I don't know, but Heinlein considered editors a species lower than the most ignorant reader
Missing the comma after “reader”
Freudian slip?
Temple, you're missing a period after "reader".
Temple, you're missing a period after "reader".
“Missing the comma after ‘reader’ ” is not a sentence. [It’s missing both a subject and a predicate, such as: “You are” (a dirk).]
Period
the point or character (.) used to mark the end of a declarative sentence, indicate an abbreviation, etc.; full stop.
GAL
I work hard to make Heinlein happy, Take care. Vern
I work hard to make Heinlein happy, Take care. Vern
LOL
Don’t we all. LOL
There was a comic and painter, Oscar Levant, who supplemented his meager comedy work by painting (or perhaps it was the other way around). One day, he was commissioned as a commercial artist to make a picture for a product (I think cigarettes) to be displayed in a magazine. He had a stadium full of people all looking happy and thrilled about the product. He presented his work.
The client said, "This is great, just tilt everyone's head 15 degrees to the right."
Levant was livid, and was asked by someone waiting outside the office as he stormed out, "What's wrong?
"The [bleep] wants me to tilt everyone's head 15 degrees."
"Didn't anyone tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"He likes to make corrections. So we all put a glaring error, easily fixed, like a purple sky."
Editors, yep. Editors.
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