Cover art by Barclay Shaw |
THE SPOILS OF WAR Alan Dean Foster New York: Del Rey Books, December 1993 | Rating: 5.0 High |
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ISBN-13 978-0-345-37576-6 | ||||
ISBN-10 0-345-37576-9 | 296pp. | SC | $5.99 |
Page 167: | "Consider this: In the last decade a lot of troops and ships and material has been positioned." |
This is one case that feels like an error of number, but is technically correct. The subject is "a lot", which agrees in number with the verb "has been." |
Page 179: | "...was a concept scarce to be believed." |
Usage: S/B "scarcely". |
Page 200: | "Higher learning does not preclude the presence of lower minds." |
Good! |
Page 210: | "Exchangeable media is available to anyone..." |
Number: S/B "are". |