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"Other topics of non-fiction include military history." As a general statement this is true, but it tells us nothing about Deighton. I think what was intended is 'He also wrote on other non-fiction topics, including military history.' I've made that correction in the article, could the blurb be updated to match? Modest Genius ^talk 12:12, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a summary, and this isn't an error. - SchroCat (talk) 12:25, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

However i do agree with you to an extent Modest Genius could also be correct. ILOVEJACKKELLY (talk) 15:57, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems an error to me. It's a blurb about Len Deighton, and that sentence is currently unconnected to him, or the rest of the blurb. Three extra words to fix it isn't excessive. Modest Genius ^talk 16:21, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A pronoun (various are available at your local supermarket) wouldn't go amiss. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:47, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry i was talking to SchroCat and how you could also be correct.Bad punctuation.Lmao ILOVEJACKKELLY (talk) 16:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the middle of the blurb it should be: "Many of his books have been ... favourably compared to John le Carré" not "compared with John le Carré", i.e. establishing similarity not difference. Ericoides (talk) 13:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's implicit. We would not expect "compared" to mean that one is great and the other is rubbish. Again, it's a summary and we save words where we can. Wehwalt (talk) 15:55, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What SchroCat said, as elaborated by Wehwalt. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:58, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also think that Modest Genius could possibly be correct to some extent. ILOVEJACKKELLY (talk) 16:16, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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