Eats, Shoots and Throws Monkeys off a Cliff
Looking back over recent postings I noticed a grammatical error of the "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" variety:
We saw a temple built around 850 A.D., a cliff the Tipu Sultan -- who ruled Mysore in the 18th century -- used to get rid of people and lots of monkeys.
As far as I know, the sultan had no particular animus against simians. The sentence should have (and now does) read:
We saw a temple built around 850 A.D., a cliff the Tipu Sultan -- who ruled Mysore in the 18th century -- used to get rid of people, and lots of monkeys.
A tip of the copy editor's green visor to my brother, Jeremy, who spotted this before I did. He is an English teacher, after all.
posted by Jonathan @ 9:38 AM
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Hi Jonathan,
I've been reading your informative and amusing blog for a while now and thought I'd pitch in with a comment.
How's the ex-pat life over there? I'd expect there are a few other westerners to keep you company, but also hope you're immersing yourself in the local customs.
Gorgeous May Holiday weekend in UK. Extraordinary amounts of sunshine.
OK, this is copy editor wife weighing in. How about:
'We saw a temple built around 850 A.D., lots of monkeys, and a cliff the Tipu Sultan (who ruled Mysore in the 18th century)liked to toss his dissenters from.'
Or did I just make it worse?
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