I'm reading 'Black as Snow' by Nick Nolan and encountered this sentence.
"It's never easy." Libby laughed while clinking her cup with is. "But it works."
What's the meaning of 'is' in this sentence?
Plural 'i'? Typo?
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Sign up to join this communityI'm reading 'Black as Snow' by Nick Nolan and encountered this sentence.
"It's never easy." Libby laughed while clinking her cup with is. "But it works."
What's the meaning of 'is' in this sentence?
Plural 'i'? Typo?
Yep! It's supposed to be 'his'. TYPO! Thought we got 'em all!
It’s almost certainly a typo for his.
his
-- I was staring at that sentence, trying to imagine what word would go there. I bet Nick Nolan is mad.
Sep 15, 2011 at 9:13