Today's word is "haplography" ... hap-LOG-ruh-fee ... the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi. (Dictionary.com)
Mistakes
No perfection lurks in books,
Where punctuation's chancy,
And haplography confuses folks,
In too many phrases fancy.
We still read the things we want,
And muddle through the grammar,
Those little things can't stop us,
Or cause our words to stammer.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2015
Mistakes
No perfection lurks in books,
Where punctuation's chancy,
And haplography confuses folks,
In too many phrases fancy.
We still read the things we want,
And muddle through the grammar,
Those little things can't stop us,
Or cause our words to stammer.
Anne Selleck
Copyright 2015
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