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The thread has shifted from the anachronisms we struggle with as writers to anachronisms we have encountered in the writing of others. So let me bring the two topics together: Does finding anachronisms in the writing of others help you worry a little less that your own are slipping through? Or does it make you that much more determined to avoid them yourself?
The latter. As a reader, encountering an obvious anachronism almost always destroys the reading experience for me. It makes me wonder, if the writer was careless enough to let this thing through, what other careless things are in there?
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