Given the context, I'm pretty sure it should be "men;" it's followed by "--and woman--" smile Cindy --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book submition > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 6:57 PM > 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. 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.