[projectaon] Re: Outstanding Errata Sprint (Week 6)

  • From: Jonathan Blake <jonathan.blake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 17:37:12 -0700

On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dawn of the Dragons
>
> (er)    38:     running foul -> running afoul
>
> <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/18dotd/sect38.htm>
>
> (If this last one seems out of place here, bear in mind that it affects a
> number of the later books as well, so let's get a resolution and put this
> issue to bed!)

I'm about to dash out the door, so I'll respond to more later, but
this idiom is OK as-is. Here's what dictionary.com has:

40. run foul / afoul of, to come into collision or controversy with:
to run foul of the press.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/foul)

--
Jon

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