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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wraith Form" data-source="post: 1127006" data-attributes="member: 10789">I was going to say the "actual product," but that would be picking a nit, wouldn't it?   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I agree, though--I looked over Mongoose's Bab 5 "Signs and Portents" pre-release PDF.  In the designer's comments (a mere two pages, mind you) I saw glaring, abrupt mistakes in grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.  In TWO PAGES.  And this was just the frikkin' DESIGNER'S NOTES.  It made me exceptionally wary of purchasing the book.  Lo and behold, after losing the battle against my evil half and buying the book, I found it to be rife with poor editing mistakes.I also find it difficult to read EN World's reviews when the reviewers can't distinguish between "their", "there" and "they're" (for example).  Aggghhh.Poor grammar, spelling and sentence structure make a written document (book, PDF or game review) difficult to take seriously, as the writer--and worse, the editor--didn't take the time to proof the material.  That's just plain slipshod.  You wouldn't pay money for a new car that had bad alignment, scratched paint and flat tires, would you?</blockquote>