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  2. Typographical error - Wikipedia

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    The Wicked Bible The Judas Bible in St. Mary's Church, Totnes, Devon, UK. The Wicked Bible omits the word "not" in the commandment, "thou shalt not commit adultery".. The Judas Bible is a copy of the second folio edition of the authorized version, printed by Robert Barker, printer to James VI and I, in 1613, and given to the church for the use of the Mayor of Totnes.

  3. Widows and orphans - Wikipedia

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    The very short final line of a paragraph composed of a single word (highlighted blue) is a runt. The first line of a paragraph beginning at the end of a page (highlighted green) is called an orphan (sometimes called a widow). The last line of a paragraph continuing on to a new page (highlighted yellow) is a widow (sometimes called an orphan).

  4. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Spell out: Used to indicate that an abbreviation should be spelled out, such as in its first use stet: Let it stand: Indicates that proofreading marks should be ignored and the copy unchanged tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected wf: Wrong font: Put text in correct font ww [3] Wrong word: Wrong word used (e.g. to/too)

  5. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    To flesh out is to add flesh to a skeleton, or metaphorically to add substance to an incomplete rendering. To flush out is to cause game fowl to take to flight, or to frighten any quarry from a place of concealment. Standard: The forensic pathologist will flesh out the skull with clay. Standard: The beaters flushed out the game with drums and ...

  6. Caret (proofreading) - Wikipedia

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    The caret symbol can be written just below the line of text for a punctuation mark at low line position, such as a comma, or just above the line of text as an inverted caret (U+02C7 ˇ CARON) for a character at a higher line position, such as an apostrophe, or in either position to indicate insertion of a letter, word or phrase; [3] the ...

  7. NBA stars were baffled by referees' obvious missed out of ...

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    The referees missed a crucial out of bounds call against Kevin Durant during overtime of Thursday night's tight contest between the Warriors and Rockets. NBA stars were baffled by referees ...

  8. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (slang) feeling ill, rough, out of sorts; filthy, dirty, rotten. (of uncertain origin, poss. from French "manqué" – missed, wasted or faulty) mardy (derogatory, mainly Northern and Central England) describes someone who is in a bad mood, or more generally a crybaby or whiner or "grumpy, difficult, unpredictable".

  9. Anne Hathaway Reveals Why She Lost Out On Movie Roles

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    However, Hathaway, 41, revealed in an April 2024 cover story with Variety that she has missed out on movie roles in the past due to her ‘toxic online’ identity. Anne Hathaway Stars in New Film ...