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[graculus]

Ack. An editor whose opinions I usually happily accept wants me to replace 'got' with 'gotten' in one sentence of a recently-submitted zine story. Am I over-reacting when my immediate reaction is 'hell, no!'?

In case anyone was wondering, the sentence in question: There was little doubt that the sound of breaking glass was coming from inside, but how could anyone have got onto the train?

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

When I was talking consistency, I meant in terms of the consistent use of US spelling etc. v a mixture of US and British/Canadian spelling etc., which would be offputting (imo) to readers if happening across a whole zine. However, I would say that I don't always Americanise stuff if it's going to my website and isn't going to be seen in conjunction with other people's work...

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. I guess that's a personal thing for a zine editor then. But wanting US spelling for a zine is rather like wanting an English translation of a French story - the editor is translating the story from English into American English. I think that's something different from making a particular choice between a normal word and a fugly word. Did I mention it's fugly? I did? Excellent.

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