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I confess to having my confidence in the writer shaken when I read, "That’s when they’ll pour through the archives".

No, they won't. They might pore through your archives, though.

Offering a course in "Online Writing" and then making such a basic usage error did not inspire much confidence. Perhaps another pair of editorial eyes might help? For any writer (myself especially included!) editors and proofreaders are your friends. I've also misused words and had someone else point out my error, and I'm grateful to them for having taught me something.

Lesson: If you aspire to "being a writer" - online or anywhere - get editorial help where polish matters.




No, they won't. They might pore over your archives, though.


Seems that both “pore through” and “pore over” are correct but the latter is much more common.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/pore+over+or+through

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/46624/do-you-use...


Touché. My point proven? ;)

Good catch. Sadly not one of the dictionaries I consulted go into usage.


Or they could paw through them.


Here is another one I noticed—'unphased' is used instead of 'unfazed'.

>Unphased, Nick kept publishing.




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