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who posted this?[edit]

who wrote this? please respond asap

Click the history tab at the top of the article page - it will list all contributors. TicketMan - Talk - contribs 12:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bold text==Spelling and punctuation errors== I find it hard to believe that Jones deliberately made spelling and punctuation errors. Those mistakes are usually unintentional and the result of a weakness on the part of the author. A famous example is F. Scott Fitzgerald.Lestrade (talk) 21:55, 27 February 2008 (UTC)Lestrade[reply]

If you read "From Here To Eternity" you'll find numerous spelling and punctuation errors. This was deliberate--the written word is very limited and Jones was trying to get as much out of it as he could. English teachers, for instance, are not writers, they can't create because they're mentally constipated. If you want to be a good writer, ignore your friggen English teachers. 108.237.241.88 (talk) 12:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 00:10, 28 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]