I pride myself on turning in very clean copies to my editor because I'm a ruthless self-editor (I do love my red pen). Even then, I need and love my editors because I won't catch everything. And, you know, they do these other things like catch continuity errors and such. Sometimes, however, errors do slip by the writer, the editor, and the copy editor and make it into print. No, it's not only an e-book thing. The following list is compiled from books by big name authors from big name publishers.
Number 1
route canal (no, this story did not take place in Venice or Amsterdam)
Number 2
hare’s breath (wow, two for two!)
Number 3
the greatest sigh of life (no, this wasn’t during a sex scene)
Number 4
her curves pressed to the plains of his body
Number 5
horde of jewelery
Number 6
your welcome
Number 7
loosening thunder (I didn’t realize thunder could be tense)
Number 8
reigned in his anger
Number 9
imminent scientists (they’re right outside the door)
Number 10
eyes slid passed her
Number 11
unladylike epitaph (if I wasn’t planning on cremation, I guess I would be okay with “Bee-otch” on my tombstone)
Number 12
the patience of Jove (someone skipped Sunday school)
Number 13
fulfilled the duel roles of butler and secretary
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Late to come to the party (guess we both were) but this gave me a laugh out loud. thanks
Thanks for the happy amusement this morning, these are great! Just goes to show you *can't* rely on spell checker, at least not totally :).
Oh, aren't these just the truth! I try to pacify myself with the logic that I simply want to get the words down on paper, and then I'll go back and figure out what I did wrong. And sometimes they just slip bye. LOL
Loved route canal. Favorite laugh of the day.
I really loved these. My favourite has to be 'route canal'. Thanks for the laugh!
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