Incompetency of people in the publishing business

The Use of Force in Humanitarian Intervention: Morality and Practicalities by John Janzekovic


Why will I never read this book:
The first two pages of chapter 2 of this book contain so many grammatical errors that even a person who is not a GramamrNazi would be angry.
here are some examples:

1)
"Other important considerations such as; risk...."
- this is not a situation where one uses a semicolon! there should be a colon, or even nothing at all!

2)
"The CDR and the Impuzamugambi orchestrated a violent campaign against any Hutus who supporting the sharing of power with the Tutsi-dominated rebel RPF."
- Really?! This is a subordinate clause standing on its own! Oh God, either finish the thought or put the right form of the verb in the sentence!

There is a reason why publishers use editors and other staff! This should not happen and the publisher in question should be ashamed to put this on the market.
As an English major I am constantly disappointed by the fact that, even though there are hundreds of unemployed English majors, publishers obviously give the job of checking the language of books to people who really don't know what they are doing.




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