A Shoe-in??!!

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I'm editing a book in which the author used "shoe-in" to suggest a sure winner. The same author also referred to a "door jam." Aaaaargh. Evil or Very Mad

Last week someone wrote that someone must "toe the line." Someone else jumped forward and said, "No. That's "tow the line." I leapt into the fray and said, "No, it's toe."

Sigh. These kinds of errors will not be caught in spell-check software. What's the solution?

Beets the hell out of me. Aye yam bee wildered.

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Dosen't shoe-in suggest the winner might need the assistance of a well placed sabot?

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Don't forget "step foot." As in, "I would never step foot in that house..." (Grrr...)

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You can't shoe-in step foot at Japanese sit-ins, I've heard.

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Sounds like a word jamboree, Roberta. Be sure not to step in it..

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Don't criticize others until you walk a mile in their shoos.

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How do ya, like your toast, with door jam please....ha ha ha

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I much prefer door marmalade, myself.

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doornuts!

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You're all becoming unhinged..

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but you can still grasp the doornob...

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And while we're on the subject...

A few years ago I proofread a book with the following. (If I was the proofreader, then someone edited it before I got to it!)

The police comprehended the criminal.
She spoke contemporaneously.
And, one of my all-time favorites--
They sang peons of praise.

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Oh, my!

That's better than the police report in which the victim was ". . . severely beaten above the head and shoulders."

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a beating from which he died to death.

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Peons of praise? Must hae taken a lot of work...

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Don't those peonies get a lot of ants?

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I think we've stemmed off of the main subject.

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Ok, ok, they get shooflies.

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Didn't I tell you to stop bothering me?

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I'm singing peons of praise for your wonderful responses. BTW, I'm not a fan of door jams if the door is made of metal. I prefer natural wood door jams myself. I guess that makes me a shoe-in for a fussiest a2ker award.

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A Shoe-in??!!

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