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Originally Posted by issybird
I always remember a deal-breaker for me. In the first few pages of a book, the author described sheep's bellies as "swelling with incipient pregnancy." I was halted in my tracks. What is an incipient pregnancy and why would a belly swell with it? I couldn't get past it.
To be fair, it was not my kind of book, not at all, and I was just trying it out because it had been highly recommended to me. I wasn't looking for a reason to abandon it, but I certainly took this as evidence that it would not go well. Also to be fair, this was a hugely popular author whose books have sold in the several millions and it shouldn't have had that kind of error.
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Since the word means begin or start to develop, how does one start to develop a pregnancy. Wait never mind, I gave myself the giggles.