Writers make all sorts of errors all the time that nobody
except someone with extensive knowledge would catch. That
seldom bothers me. What does is when they go out of their way
to make a mistake. For example, several years ago I read a
novel set in the area where I live. At one point, the
narrator says something like, "I drove from Point A to Point
B. It took X amount of time." Well, in reality you could walk
from Point A to Point B faster than the amount of time the
author stuck in there. Just say, "I drove from Point A to
Point B." If the amount of time it's going to take is
important (and it wasn't at all, in this case), try to find
out what's realistic.
James Reasoner
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