Hi Georgina, Your examples look like the word "die" in both instances should be the word "The." Also the word "men" looks as though it should be the word"then." Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Georgina Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 6:48 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] book submition Hi All-- I was wondering if the person who submitted Heat Lightning by Colleen Thompson is on this list? I have a question about a word in the book. Here's a couple of examples, And then there were Luz Maria's own "admirers," men--and the occasional woman--caught up in the drama of a fresh-faced twenty-six-year-old battling die system. Example two, Unlike the "real" investigators in Homicide, those assigned to the Major Assaults Unit's night shift always drew die shittiest heaps. Is this supposed to be slang or is the word supposed to be (the)? Any help would be appreciated. --Georgina I'm not a pessimist just an optimist for the worst To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.