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I’m an editor and I’ve made a few really embarrassing mistakes. I really love the poem.

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Thanks very much!

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I just sent in a ms and then found a typo and an extra space. I somehow misplaced the second C in raccoon!

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I forgot the 'l' in 'world'... <facepalm>

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I am reading (and loving) Dayswork. One of the themes is the difficulty of deciphering Melville's spelling and writing and the typos that come out of that. Word/world is a pretty great omission.

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