I just bought Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, and I’m already tickled I did. Here’s why I love Terry Pratchett*:
Two shadowy figures, one hunched and squat, the other lean and menacing, both of them Olympic-grade lurkers. If Bruce Springsteen had ever recorded “Born to Lurk,” these two would have been on the album cover. They had been lurking in the fog for an hour now, but they had been pacing themselves and could lurk for the rest of the night if necessary, with still enough sullen menace left for a final burst of lurking around dawn.
I have been pretty surprised by an instance of “wouldn’t of” instead of “wouldn’t have” (page 114) and “could of” earlier on in the book instead of “could have.” Honestly, I wouldn’t expect that from two excellent writers.
* Even though what I’ve read of Neil Gaiman’s is good, too, this quotation is very Pratchett-esque; I just know he was responsible for it.
Haha I’m one of those people who notices spelling errors everywhere too! :P