Aaaaand...

[roxy]

one more thing before I go to bed!

Dean's gun has IVORY grips, okay--IVORY. *NOT* mother-of pearl. *Sam's* Taurus has mother-of-pearl grips. These two things are totally NOT ALIKE. NOT ALIKE!!!!

Sorry, it's just one of those irritating things, like 'tow the line', or 'make due' or describing Dean as 'the blond'.

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[fufaraw]

OMG, THANK YOU!

Or using pistol, revolver, handgun, interchangeably. Not. Or, or, or...casting silver bullets, of indeterminate caliber, which your character then loads directly into any random weapon, without benefit of casing, powder, primer, or you know, anything that makes ammunition actually *work*.

And can we talk about "free reign"? Ugh.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

LOL!!

Okay, I've been guilty of casting bullets and not including cartridges--also misused reign and rein until a kind reader took me to the side and kindly pointed it out, thank goodness! But that's just the thing, isn't it? I'd love to let the writer know that they're misusing a word or getting a phrase wrong but you never know who will take it as a personal attack so I zip my lip and keep on going. Most of the things I know about writing come from my friends, who are the nicest people in the world. Or maybe the bravest, lol!

I'm an old broad, brought up on old books and I still look up phrases I've heard or used forever because better safe than sorry. Or better safe then sorry. *koff*
;)