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by AnneStokesHochberg
Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:01 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Thirty Thousand Kilometers Above Enceladus (APOD 17 Mar 08)
Replies: 19
Views: 8685

proofreader

No, I'm not a proofreader by trade, but my eye catches a lot of things. And you're absolutely right.

Anne

JohnD wrote:Ms.Hochberg.

You're a proofreader?

To mistake 'pouring' for 'poring' is a vocabulary error, not grammar!

John the super-pedant
by AnneStokesHochberg
Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Thirty Thousand Kilometers Above Enceladus (APOD 17 Mar 08)
Replies: 19
Views: 8685

grammar... (APOD 17 Mar 2008)

Just a small thing - "Exogeologists are currently pouring over this" should be "Exogeologists are currently poring over this" as in 1. to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript. 2. to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore ove...