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Originally Posted by daveconifer
Richard, I didn't see any "another think coming"s in there (although there are two "another thing coming"s). I haven't found any homophone or ensure/insure or "bear naked" type problems yet but I'm only halfway through. I'll keep my eyes peeled though -- I'm always trying to rid my work of any errors! Maybe my author's eye is dancing right past them without noticing.
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Now I'm feeling really bad - I may have to re-read it just to find the dang things
I'm only Amateur Mister Language Person because I believe the correct expression is "another think coming" but google again informs me that this is highly contentious! One of the top few hits is
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/langu...es/004971.html which at least appears to have citations in support of that position
(Ensure/Insure wasn't yours - more an indication of my own bias and fallability, and maybe a grump about how the already-nearly-incomprehensible English language is degrading further and further every year.)
Sorry for all the trouble! My point really was mostly what you said above about your author's eye - you know what the text says, so it's REALLY hard to read it for correctness because your brain "fixes" anything that's off. Likewise I cannot proof my own presentations anywhere near as effectively as I do others'. Not being an author myself, I can only assume that even the "big name" folks have someone proof and edit before the manuscript goes to a professional editor, but maybe they have the luxury of iterating with the pro a few times early on.
Anyway, keep up the good work!
Richard