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michelle

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:27 pm
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:45 pm
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:27:12 -0700, Michelle Steiner
<michelle.DeleteThis@michelle.org> wrote:

>Please inform your proof readers and copy editors that there is no such
>word as "supercede." It's "supersede."
>
>(page 19, paragraph 2, last line of _Into the Looking Glass_, and other
>locations in the book)


Actually according to the OED it's merely a variant spelling, perhaps
you're dictionary is more in need of an upgrade than those of others.

Paul

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:39 pm
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dooleysnew1.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk wrote in news:mlrra1l740fkui1q5l73cuvsfh7jii5dbl@
4ax.com:

> On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:27:12 -0700, Michelle Steiner
> <michelle.DeleteThis@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>>Please inform your proof readers and copy editors that there is no such
>>word as "supercede." It's "supersede."
>>
>>(page 19, paragraph 2, last line of _Into the Looking Glass_, and other
>>locations in the book)
>
>
> Actually according to the OED it's merely a variant spelling, perhaps
> you're dictionary is more in need of an upgrade than those of others.
>
> Paul
>
>

Uh oh. I'm a prat, but you should've used "your" and not "you're." By the
way, is it my imagination or am I noticing a LOT more mistakes in books
nowadays?
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:36 pm
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Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <Kl6Yh.18049$qB4.14889@bignews3.bellsouth.net>,
> kz <no.one@home> wrote:
>
>> By the way, is it my imagination or am I noticing a LOT more mistakes
>> in books nowadays?
>
> I think it's not your imagination.
>
You don't even want to know what the TPB of _Oath of Swords_ looks like. All
those lovely oddball names with the oddball accents? Mangled - either the
accents are dropped or there are random typographic symbols in place of the
accented letters. Pitiful!
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