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Subject: Re: National Proofreading Day (8 March)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 22:11:32 -0000 (UTC)
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Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> Somewhere there are probably figures on this, but my impression is that 
> during the present century people have been inventing new "National ___ 
> Day"s at an alarming rate.
> 
> The present one was initiated in 2012 by "corporate trainer Judy Beaver. 
> She chose it because it was her mother's birthday, and she wanted to 
> honour a lady who was evidently a stickler for correctness in written 
> expression." (I'm not making any of this up, and I don't think Crystal is.)
> 
> The only other moment of fun is a mention of the "Wicked Bible" (1631), 
> one of a number of early KJV editions named for amusing printing errors. 
> This one apparently included among the Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt 
> commit adultery".
> 

That's probably why so many people insist that only their own original KJV
is the right bible.