[projectaon] Re: Spellchecked 25totw
- From: Benjamin I Krefetz <krefetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Project Aon <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:24:20 -0500 (EST)
Thanks, Ingo, for going to the trouble of compiling such a list!
The idea of torches spluttering sounds a bit odd to me, and based on the
definitions in the Cambridge Dictionary (dictionary.cambridge.org), it seems
that spluttering generally applies to people and sputtering generally
applies to objects.
Proposal: Change all references to "spluttering" on Ingo's list where the
subject is a flame to "sputtering". Retain all references to "spluttering"
where the subject is a person.
By the way, does Joe ever use "sputter" or "splutter" in a
non-participle/gerund form?
Cheers,
Ben
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Ingo Kloecker wrote:
All occurrences of spluttering vs. sputtering
04tcod 40: to a smaller passage lit by a spluttering torch.</p>
06tkot 49: r fingers then walks over to a spluttering wall torch, which
he removes f
06tkot 221: <p>The soldier removes a spluttering torch from a
bracket on the wa
07cd 217: flame sparks into life like a spluttering fuse. The brain
ceases to move
07cd 246: flame sparks into life like a spluttering fuse. The brain
ceases to move
07cd 317: flame bursts into life like a spluttering fuse. The brain
ceases to move
09tcof 135: s, he halts beneath one of the spluttering torches and
presses its rusty
13tplor 246: rough the surface, choking and spluttering like a netted
fish. You gulp a
15tdc 187: Prarg laughs as he watches you spluttering, and as you wipe
your eyes, yo
18dotd 120: p>The hall is lit by a hundred spluttering candles and the
light of a log
18dotd 132: ly over his head. Coughing and spluttering, the wretch stirs
to conscious
19wb 204: nd then rapidly dies to form a spluttering flame which clings
to the mout
19wb 324: <p>Coughing and spluttering, you bob to the surface and
re
23mh 51: fall to the deck, choking and spluttering as they fight for
breath. Acra
23mh 119: fall to the deck, choking and spluttering as they fight for
breath. Acra
25totw 30: t is lined with iron hooks and spluttering torches. Most of
the hooks are
25totw 20: battle. In the oily glow of a sputtering lantern you see two
Drakkarim
25totw 66: by the oily glow of a solitary sputtering Lantern, you can
see a crude w
25totw 339: by the oily glow of a solitary sputtering Lantern, you can
see a crude w
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