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   J.Pascal explained on 12/06/2014 :   
   > On Saturday, December 6, 2014 7:14:32 AM UTC-7, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   >> Will in New Haven  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> But I had betareaders complain that it was too confusing.  :(   
   >>>>   
   >>> It could be. The test for me would be whether it was interesting enough to   
   >>> put up with the confusion.   
   >>   
   >> Alas, it really didn't seem to add enough to be worth it.   
   >>   
   >> But in my head, the language still works that way.  What you see in the   
   >> book is a simplification created during the translation process. :)   
   >>   
   >   
   > I was reading a book from the library.  I don't remember who the author was -   
   > it could have been Eric Flint - could have been someone else.  For the first   
   > 20 or so pages, every other sentence had a word underlined and a simpler   
   > synonym written in the margin. I figure that the point where the marginalia   
   > ended was the point where the reader gave up.   
      
   You shouldn't assume that this person was a typical reader.  He could   
   have been an adult learner or EFL student.  They will have such a   
   problem with most books, except those designed for their situations.   
      
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