…straight and strait, and that the phrase is "make do", not "make due". All errors in things I read TODAY, one of them a major DC book.
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(That book also containing an obvious word substitution error.)
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For NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, you also get council/counsel, loath/loathe, and adverse/averse, none of which you fine folk have mastered.
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Seriously, though, why do I have to be the one to tell you these things? I'm a coder! We're supposed to have the language skills of gerbils!
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@chaosprime In my case because I'm blind, and screen readers say all of those the same. -
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@chaosprime It's amazing how many blind people shrug and don't care about this stuff and, in the process, look like complete idiots. -
@camlorn38 Well, I mean, not *complete* idiots. Randos are allowed to not be experts at English. Professional editors I expect more from. - 2 more replies
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@chaosprime Of course you post this moments after I notice an omitted word in the caption of today's comic... -
@otterdisaster There are so many security companies these days, somebody has to promote insecurity!
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@chaosprime sounds a lot like my "I'll explain why that is or isn't really irony" business back in the 80s. May you be more fortunate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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