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I find them quite jarring myself, but they are extremely common. |
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That said, "waiting on" seems to be creeping in to take the place of "waiting for". It may be something from some regional variant of English, it may be simple misunderstanding or ignorance, or people may actually like it better that way. I'm not sure. But I've seen "I'm waiting on Fred" when it should be "I'm waiting for Fred", which introduces ambiguity in what should be a simple, unambiguous statement. No, you're not giving Fred his dinner or tying his tie; you're awaiting his arrival. |
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That's definitely the case with some people, I think. I met a lad at work a while ago, from middle England, who honestly believed the letter 'Z' was pronounced "zee". To prove that his was the correct pronunciation, he said "So why aren't Zee Zee Top* called Zed Zed Top"....
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That's what I tried to explain to him, but he wasn't convinced at all. It was a very surreal situation.
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It is also possible that it was a temporary lapse. I have to admit to writing e-mails and forum posts in a hastier manner than technical documents and other such writings. For that reason I often go back and find mistakes that grate at me if I see them elsewhere, things that I KNOW are wrong and am surprised to find in my own work. It's possible that this OP on this thread knows better and has suffered the same fate.
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Well, I misread the question entirely. I thought the OP was asking which books we've read that we'd like to see in ebook forms. In that case, I'd have had a whole list for him/her.
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Of course, I'm from the zee part of the English-speaking world, not the zed part (as well as something of a ZZ Top fan) so I suppose I'm slightly biased. I've gotten used to people not understanding that, say, pavement is something different in different countries. But I generally expect people to know the correct forms for their local area, not think some other region's are the right ones. English is a rather wiggly language to begin with, but at least you can get the local variant right! (mind you, this doesn't justify those people who use a word wrong because it's some provincialism they grew up with; "bring" doesn't mean "take" no matter where you are) |
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The relative success of those writers would suggest otherwise. I don't think it is something that many readers even notice, never mind get annoyed by enough to stop reading.
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i pronounce Z as "zee"
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Is it me, or ......?
Perhaps I'm not skilled in reading sub-text, but I thought the original post was about what type of books we would like to see in an ebook package.
Just in case that was the case, I would like to see, apart from one's favourite fiction titles, far more non-fiction ebooks. For example,I am have an interest in prehistory (or perhaps the old "Stone Age" classification, and before, covers it best), and would love to be able to access a) e-versions of already published works and b) new writings on the subject in e-form. But I just wish more non-fiction generally was out there.... [ I was delighted, however, to find a fascinating little offering on oriental carpets on Gutenberg, that I would never have found normally. |
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