Re: Harry Potter–A Worthwhile series??

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 33837

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:


> My mother has gone through our "Prisoner of Azkaban" book, 
and marked  all grammatical errors. Unlike Lewis, whose hold 
on grammar continues  to astonish me, Rowling's grammar is 
not that good, in fact, it can be  down right bad, as you can tell 
from our "POA" copy. <<

The publisher also has something to say about how many 
grammatical errors make it into print. Publishers have far fewer 
editors on the job these days  and standards are notoriously 
lower. ( A Google search on "decline editing standards" returned 
over 19,000 hits) So while Lewis and Tolkien may have had a 
more grammatical style to begin with, I don't think its fair to draw 
conclusions based on their published work.

Pippin