
These are the people we write for. The Lynne Trusses of the world. They're out there, buying this book in droves — the grammar nazis, the anal-retentive personalities , the nitpickers — whatever you might choose to call them, they exist with or without your approval or consent, and they'll cheerfully crucify you if they find your published work riddled with typos, spelling mistakes, grammatical errors and other careless missteps that should be caught easily by an attentive proofreader.
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