Animals and Accuracy
Accuracy is essential. Is the snake in the garden a harmless grass snake or deadly viper? Should you catch it, capture it, release it, or kill it? Call the children and family to look - or call them inside and shut the windows? Go near for a photograph or call the council?
Is the spider on the bananas a 'lucky' spider, or a deadly spider? Should you kill it, before it attacks and breeds? Or is it an endangered species?
Police Chase
And the man being sought by police, the man who is 'dangerous to approach', does he have a tattoo of a spider or a scorpion and is it on his left hand or right hand?
A news article says somebody, a suspect in a suspected murder case, has a tattoo of a spider on their right hand. Readers say the photo is taken in a mirror and it's the left hand.
Others say it's not a spider but a scorpion. Another reader protests: 'Who cares whether it's a left or right hand, a spider or a scorpion? Why are you commenting on trivia when the important point is that people are dead!'
Danger and Safety
Accurate facts are essential, when police and public are watching for a suspected dangerous person who must not be approached. It is important for identification and safety of everybody - including all suspects.
For example, if the local tattoo parlour has given ten people spiders on the right and left hands, you don't want to cause confusion and panic and let a suspect who has one insect such as a scorpion or animal on their left hand escape. You also don't want to waste time and upset everybody by arresting or shooting nine innocent 'suspects' with spiders on their right hand (or vice versa).
Trials
Details like this lead to an arrest, a conviction, a retrial, or release of a person wrongly convicted, and help prove whether somebody was murdered or committed suicide or was wrongly convicted.
Novel Plots
Facts are important in real life. If you are dealing with fiction, such as in a novel, your plot might depend on such a twist. Your story will depend for it's credibility and true to life atmosphere if you show a picture of a spider in a story about the deadly spider, and a scorpion in a story called the scorpion.
Conclusion and Summary on Accuracy
Yes, accuracy does matter. Be glad that you are given free help by those who spot errors. If you don't get it right the first time, you correct the mistake and in the end life is in order.
Angela Lansbury, B A Hons, author, English language teacher, speech and creative writing tutor
Accuracy is essential. Is the snake in the garden a harmless grass snake or deadly viper? Should you catch it, capture it, release it, or kill it? Call the children and family to look - or call them inside and shut the windows? Go near for a photograph or call the council?
Is the spider on the bananas a 'lucky' spider, or a deadly spider? Should you kill it, before it attacks and breeds? Or is it an endangered species?
Police Chase
And the man being sought by police, the man who is 'dangerous to approach', does he have a tattoo of a spider or a scorpion and is it on his left hand or right hand?
A news article says somebody, a suspect in a suspected murder case, has a tattoo of a spider on their right hand. Readers say the photo is taken in a mirror and it's the left hand.
Others say it's not a spider but a scorpion. Another reader protests: 'Who cares whether it's a left or right hand, a spider or a scorpion? Why are you commenting on trivia when the important point is that people are dead!'
Danger and Safety
Accurate facts are essential, when police and public are watching for a suspected dangerous person who must not be approached. It is important for identification and safety of everybody - including all suspects.
For example, if the local tattoo parlour has given ten people spiders on the right and left hands, you don't want to cause confusion and panic and let a suspect who has one insect such as a scorpion or animal on their left hand escape. You also don't want to waste time and upset everybody by arresting or shooting nine innocent 'suspects' with spiders on their right hand (or vice versa).
Trials
Details like this lead to an arrest, a conviction, a retrial, or release of a person wrongly convicted, and help prove whether somebody was murdered or committed suicide or was wrongly convicted.
Novel Plots
Facts are important in real life. If you are dealing with fiction, such as in a novel, your plot might depend on such a twist. Your story will depend for it's credibility and true to life atmosphere if you show a picture of a spider in a story about the deadly spider, and a scorpion in a story called the scorpion.
Conclusion and Summary on Accuracy
Yes, accuracy does matter. Be glad that you are given free help by those who spot errors. If you don't get it right the first time, you correct the mistake and in the end life is in order.
Angela Lansbury, B A Hons, author, English language teacher, speech and creative writing tutor
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