On 05/06/2011 01:37, Jonathan Blake wrote:
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)
Hmm, strange, but it does seem to be OK. Well, that's about half-a-dozen more issues resolved in one go.
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