Beware the Dangler

And what is a “toothcomb” exactly?

But never “violin!”

Name that error

Do you know what it is? Written about recently here on Verbavores:

This on top of the “irreverent” shoes business. Hey Outside, hire a copyeditor. (Checked back later and it has been fixed.) However, having once let something go to press with the phrase “garden gait” in it, who am I to criticize?

It’s in the gene pool: My sister copyedits the 7-layer bean dip. “What do you suppose ‘cheese what’ is?” Discussion ensues.

There’s also that matter of the “acidj.”

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And beware Muphry’s Law.