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the importance of the edit...
just re-read one of my historic entries to find that I'd relied too much on the spellchecker and the 'what I expect to see' eye set. ..."her necklace was not made of plastic beards as I had first thought..." AND " ...his face relaxed into a mile..."
Guess I know why that story sunk without trace. Check, check, then double check. Preferably before hitting the Send button or buying a stamp! Happy writing everybody, may your weekend be fruitful...
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You're not alone - this sort of cringe-making error has happened to me too. And it's not just typos that can catch us out. In a very recent submission, I had used the word 'engendered'. A nano second before I hit the Send button, I had a sudden doubt and checked the definition. As I suspected, I had misused it. Saved myself an embarrassing mistake!
Having said this, I quite like the image of a necklace made of plastic beards.
EIGHTH ARMY PUSH BOTTLES UP GERMANS
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A push [attack] by 8th army traps Germans.
unfortune choice of words in truncated headline in limited space. Some people just dont think before they write.
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