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Originally Posted by Chock
Frankly, if I'd have come across errors like that, I'd have turfed the thing across the room without even finishing it (unless of course I was reviewing it, in which case I'd have finished it, and then turfed it across the room!). I did that once with a WW2 novel about Luftwaffe fighter pilots, when on page three, the book's hero 'advanced the throttles' (two?) on his single-engined Messerschmitt bf 109:rotfl:
Nothing worse than a poorly-researched book, and it blows all credibility out of the window for any theory the author may be trying to postulate, but, many people will probably read it and not spot the errors, which is a shame. Doesn't mean of course that the thing wasn't sunk by a Soviet sub, just means that the author doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
 Chock |
My sentiments exactly. One thing though, I have heard people refer to single engine aircraft and of advancing the throttle in that aircraft in a plural form. And this is on more than one occasion. Maybe you should give the guy one more chance?