I would reject the book. Probably the book was not pressed hard enough against the scanner glass. This problem gets worse near the center of the book. Jim At 09:40 AM 6/19/04 -0400, you wrote: > >I am giving up editing the book titled "The klone and I." The text itself >is quite good enough but for some reason there are much too much missing >words in mid sentences. I tried filling in with words where they are >obviously needed, words such simple words as "the, was, he, she, to, it, >and, they, etcetera. I was putting hundreds of words when I realize it was >getting out of hand. The needed words were also getting less simple and even >if I could guess a word that would fit snugly inside a sentence, I could >never be sure that was what the author had used. This problem is severe only >around the middle of the book so there is a chance the scanner didn't >noticed and just submitted the book as excellent. Too bad. I thought the >book quite interesting. My question is, do I just release or reject the >book? > >And just a matter of curiosity, why would there be so much missing words in >a text when the words around elsewhere is good? Anybody has a thought? > > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - Release Date: 6/4/04 >
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