Re: Some pompous editor?

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:33:44 -0500, Thom Madura
<Tommadura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bill Blakely wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:28:02 -0500, Thom Madura
<Tommadura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Frodo Baggins wrote:
It sorta leaped at me when doing O. Sharp's quiz.

"I smell guilt. There is a stench of guilt upon the air."

Is this some pompous editors correction? Is that how both the US and
UK editions printed it? Surely the more easy colloquial expression is
"stench ... in the air" and not "upon the air". What do you think is
the most likely usage that you would use in everyday parlance?

Frodo.

OF the possible changes - it is most likely that THAT is how JKR wrote
it. The word UPON is spelled correctly - and the meaning is clear anyway
- so it is unlikely an editor would change that. They are looking for
things that are WRONG.

A good editor does a lot more than just correct spelling and grammar.


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While that is true, this is not the kind of thing that an editor would
place much emphasis on. This is especially true of the US editor - who
would probably chalk this up to the British English.

We are familiar with the word 'upon' in the US.

This whole thing strikes me as much ado about nothing.


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