--- Sean Whalen <stlatos at yahoo.com> wrote: ... > I might as well add some grammatical errors I found > in the books (even though I doubt any of them will > ever be changed). > > These are in the hardcover editions. > > _The Paths of the Dead_, page 31, line 5: "Do you > know a place where a traveler such as myself" used > without previous form of I/me/my in the phrase. That requires someone to decide whether "I" or "me" is called for. (I'd vote for "I".) > _The Paths of the Dead_, page 362, line 23: "feed my > friend Ibronka and I" should have "me" instead of "I". ... > _The Lord of Castle Black_, page 265, line 35: "of he > for whom this history is named" should have "him" > instead of "he". > > _Sethra Lavode_, page 223, line 30: "lost its ability > to defend either itself, or she who" should have "her" > instead of "she". Those last three drive me crazy. Good thing being crazy doesn't interfere with my ability to read these books. > Most of these mistakes seem to be examples of > hypercorrection. If speakers of one dialect usually > use "Me and Johnny" as the subject of a sentence but > know that preferred English uses "Johnny and I" as a > subject they will replace me with I in more situations > than they should when they try to speak in what they > think is a classier manner. What you said. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash