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Worst copy-edited book I've come across yet is Lowry's _Under the Volcano_, though I've got several that run a close second to it. I've put the editing details here http://www.bookerrata.com/books/undervolcano.html ... it's just a sad thing to do to such a well-written story.

― Pat Sheehan (Pat Sheehan), Thursday, 26 February 2004 21:31 (twenty years ago) link

sixteen years pass...

I just came across this online:

In the fall of 1815, the Fifth Principal Meridian’s baseline was established by the late Joseph C. Brown.

― pplains, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:16 (four years ago) link

Because, damn, I was wondering how Joe Brown was doing these days.

― pplains, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link

Breaking: The Roman Empire was established under the late Augustus Caesar.

― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link

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