"Something I particularly dislike is when all the sentient blancmange in the world coalesces into one organism, the giant gelatinous blob of which I saw strolling down the street yesterday."
But I admit I couldn't think of one at the time either.
Ooh, well spotted, yes. ...but nicely parsed.
Except not really -- it took an effort of will to read it the *other* way. I think it's that I haven't been exposed to that sort of mistake so my brain hasn't absorbed it as an adjunct to language. Whereas with more common mistakes, as I read them all the time, they corrupt my brain.
But I admit I couldn't think of one at the time either.
Ooh, well spotted, yes. ...but nicely parsed.
Except not really -- it took an effort of will to read it the *other* way. I think it's that I haven't been exposed to that sort of mistake so my brain hasn't absorbed it as an adjunct to language. Whereas with more common mistakes, as I read them all the time, they corrupt my brain.