Subject: Some nitpicks
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Posted on: 2010-01-22 10:01:00 UTC

You made me think I should perhaps look for a new betareader. I've always thought she inserted a lot of commas in my text, you top her. Though, I think, the commas you suggested before "and" are refered to as the Oxford comma, and those are a matter of opinion/personal preference. Although, consistency is a nice thing too.

* It's not clear what "Well, abandoned." is stating.
The badfic said they were in an abandoned warehouse, but I figured that if people were still making use of it it could hardly be considered abandoned.

* Formatted as "Stupid Sue not even"
Where did my apostrophe S go after Sue? Must have missed typing it, so I agree.

* Correspondency seems non-standard.
Yep, my spellcheck hated it too. I can't shake the notion, though, that it is a proper word, and that my spellcheck isn't up to scratch.

* "attachment is no place for a fugitive."
It was a pun to what Hannibal said: Life on the run is no place...
So, yes, that probably was a (intended) joke you missed.

* When Face (...) bad deal.
Very good point.

* You probably want to specify who Sammy
That's a habit of mine, I give the OCs nick names (like Sue or head rat) and then not state explicitly that Sammy is the head rat. Although, with the little information that is given, readers could conclude that Sammy is the name of the head rat, or that he just popped up out of no where. In the latter case the agents probably would have made a comment. I will try to look into how to avoid confussion about this sort of thing.

Thanks for the comments. And for reading.

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