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[fabrisse]

I have been reading fic. It isn't really badfic and it certainly isn't bad!fic, but the author is almost definitely not a native English speaker and it shows.

But I just had to share my favorite -- repeated -- error. One character touches the other who feels "a fission of desire."

Since I know I have several writers and readers of fanfiction on my friends list, do I let the author know? I have no qualms doing so if the writer is really good or someone I read often which isn't the case with this one.

Comments

[innerslytherin]

LOL I once betaed for someone who constantly said "a fissure of desire" and I just out and out told her that I think she meant frisson. You could just comment with something like, "Oops, I think I spotted a typo, I think you meant frisson", and that makes it a little less embarrassing than a vocab error? lol

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

"Fissure of desire" at least makes a certain amount of anatomical sense. *blushes*

I will probably go with "it's a typo" as my excuse.