I know- and I asked Clothilde, who is a French teacher in an area HS- for that so I could "FUBAR it" just to see if anyone caught it- and two of you did- which explains why I am NOT a professional writer, nor editor- just an old History buff with sharp eyes. I had to pick a language I do not converse it- so English, German and Spanish were out-
I went with French as the great article about Hemingway in Paris in 1944-45 with his "Irregulars was the main reason I bought this rather pricy magazine- my first. I loved the LC Smith article, better than anything in Houchins' great book, IMO--
OK, as I mentioned "Don Ernesto" and his solid work ethic (until the booze and the broads took over)and his newspaperman's insistence on "getting it right" let's go to Carlos Baker's book "Ernest Hemingway- selected letters 1917-1961" page 145- the letter from Ernest to Ernest Walsh and Ethel Moorhead from Schruns, Austria Jan 1925--:"One of the most important things I believe is to get the very best work that people are doing"-- and then "And watch your proofreading and typography- there is nothing to spoil a persons appreciation of good stuff like typo errors. Its like sour notes in a piano concert."" I rest my case--
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