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There's a "that" which should be "than", as well as a missing quotation mark, somewhere in the first 800 pages, but I was too foolish to note where I found them.  Don't I feel like a schmuck.  [[User:BlakeStacey|BlakeStacey]] 16:42, 2 December 2006 (PST)

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How do you think I feel mistyping the line for an error right in front of me?

(Thanks for the catch, Bleakhaus!)

I have all sympathy for Penguin (as long as they correct 'em.) This must have been a bear to proof, and perfection is not given to mortals... [[User:monte.davis|monte.davis]] 04:25, 3 December 2006 (EST)

:We are, after all, doing Penguin's work for free.  :-/  [[User:BlakeStacey|BlakeStacey]] 07:52, 4 December 2006 (PST)

I'm not sure the most recent additions to the errata list (four dots instead of three) can be counted as 'proper' errors. The ellipsis has always been one of Pynchon's favorite rhetorical devices, and the way I see it, the number of dots simply signifies how large the ellipsis is meant to be. Gravity's Rainbow is full of ellipses with both three and four dots, and this shouldn't be considered an error, IMO. Unless anyone objects, I'll remove the four/three dots-entries in a day or two. [[User:Torerye|Torerye]] 01:39, 6 December 2006 (PST)

I agree abt removing the three/four dot corrections. An ellipsis is always three periods. In standard American usage (unlike British), a terminal period is <i>added to</i> the ellipsis if the ellipsis occurs at the end of the sentence, whereas it will stand alone, three periods, when occurring <i>within</i> a sentence. Some good examples of this are on page 47, lines 12 and 14, and again on lines 18 and 19. Four periods (at the end of a sentence), three periods (within the sentence). In British usage, on the other hand, the ellipsis always stands alone, regardless of its placement in a sentence. So the British editions of ATD would always show "..." and never "....".... [[User:Zutphen|Zutphen]] 08:48, 6 December 2006 (EST)

Thanks for this clarification! I'll remove the three/four dot corrections right away, since the case seems clear enough. [[User:Torerye|Torerye]] 05:53, 6 December 2006 (PST)

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