Originally posted by: C3PX
I am pretty sure Zombie knows the difference between lose and loose. When proof reading such a large work, it is very easy to miss little things like that. I reassure you more scholarly works than Zombie's book have gone two or three editions without catching a mistake as small as the difference between loose and lose.
Originally posted by: caligulathegod
Loose with two O's means not tight. Lose with one O means to not win or to misplace. Sorry, but that one drives me nuts.
Loose with two O's means not tight. Lose with one O means to not win or to misplace. Sorry, but that one drives me nuts.
I am pretty sure Zombie knows the difference between lose and loose. When proof reading such a large work, it is very easy to miss little things like that. I reassure you more scholarly works than Zombie's book have gone two or three editions without catching a mistake as small as the difference between loose and lose.
...and since they're both real words, spellcheck wouldn't pick up on it either.
My biggest pet peeve (not in Zombie's work but just in general) is the "there", "they're", and "their" mix-up.