This typo has since been FIXED. But, we have the screen grab.
Saw it earlier in the day today & grabbed the screenshot then-&-there. Good job I did. For a RARE change they fixed this typo. Typically most of their typos, & they have many, go uncorrected.
Click to ENLARGE. Using ‘ProWritingAid’ MS Word ‘plugin’ — with GREAT SUCCESS.
Those that know me or are somewhat familiar with my work, know that my middle name is ‘TYPO’. So, with each of my books I need as much help as I can get to eliminate as many typos as we can — though I am now resigned that we will NEVER catch all of them.
We are just proofing my latest book. Yes, #36 (as the sole author) or maybe #37. In that range. As usual the wife has the first crack. She catches quite a few. I try to proof too, BUT I am word-blind when it comes to my writing. That is the problem. My mind sees what I THINK I wrote, which might not be what is on the paper. That is the problem. Hence, the typos. I have also hired two ladies from FIVERR. They are not done yet. Not sure how good there.
But, I was really looking for a backstop. Another option for picking up typos.
I have, in the past, messed around with ‘Grammarly’ BUT it could not cater for my writing style. It was a tad too simplistic. I had looked at ‘ProWritingAid’ last year when I was finishing my last book. But, I was running short of time & I had had a number of folks proof it — though, yet again, I continued to find typos well into the 3rd print!
At the start of this month I bought ‘ProWritingAid’. I use it exclusively with MS Word. It has worked well, to-date. I am happy. I am impressed. It has caught quite a few slip ups. Wow. I would not have caught them without ProWritingAid. So, as far as I am concerned, it has already paid for itself.
I am happy to vouch for it. IF it can cope with my writing — it has to be both good & special.
Click to ENLARGE & enjoy. Here is the link to actual Sept. 19, 2021 post.
This was ‘Speaking with an Indian ACCIDENT‘ typo from a few days ago.
So, it says: “to defend their coworker, who was left with viruses & scratches …“.
Yes, you could even miss that on a quick read. Plus, the crux of the article was COVID — i.e., a virus. So, it is kind of easy to get lulled into submission.
Yes, OF COURSE, you could catch a virus or two (or even more) in a scuffle such as that.
But, usually we don’t speculate about catching viruses in a brawl UNLESS one of the participants was known to be infected with a virulent viral infection. In such cases the virus carrier could get charged, by the police, with a serious crime to hurt.
In this case, however, it was typo.
You got it right. I am not going to bruise your ego by spelling it out. SMILE.
Given that I claim that my middle name is ‘typo‘ I am kind of jealous of this. I wish it was my typo. Plus, as those that have had the misfortune to interact with me knows, I do (indeed do) speak with an ‘Indian Accident‘. OK, maybe it is a bastardized Ceylon/Welsh accident, but whatever it is, it is no doubt ‘An Accident’.
Yes. Yes. I am not totally stupid. I appreciate that this was ‘autocorrect’. A good one.
My friend, Frank Barnes, the Master of Autocorrect Typos (like I) will be jealous of this. This would have been so much him. I am sure that he will now spend hours trying to better this.
Typos like this in Big Shot publications amuse & amaze me. Don’t they do any checking or editing. It is OK. Adds to the entertainment.
I conclude this quick post, still ‘speaking with an Indian ACCIDENT‘.
I continually joke that MY middle name is ‘typo‘. Yes, I cannot write without typos. In the case of my books, despite all my efforts & those of numerous (paid) proofers (of varying competency), I still end up with more than I would like. But, trust me when I say I try so hard to eradicate as many as I can.
Yes, the famed ‘James Michener‘ too plagued by this problem. He talked about it in his autobiography: ‘The World Is My Home‘. How he would invariably find at least one typo as soon as any of his books got published — despite his books having gone through at least 6 editors. Wow. I have never had the fortune to have more than 3. So, in a way, I shouldn’t complain. In a way this book by Palgrave — MacMillan is in the same boat — so to speak. How can professional (highly-paid) editors miss such howlers? Not cricket.
The two shown above are so plain but egregious that it just confounds I.
The first 5 of my 34 (sole-author) books were published by big name houses. The first three were diligently produced by them. They fixed nearly all of my typos. Not so with the last two. I was so angry. They just didn’t care. Appears that this was the case with this book too. MacMillan just did NOT care. Shame.
Here is another example. Not as bad. But, it was jarring. The same was kind of true of the whole book. The material was decent enough, but the style — despite one of the co-authors being a professional journalist — was ‘choppy’. It was readable, but in places it required effort.
