Explanation : ...then next two months....

Hi Praveen,

I think "then" is a typo for "the"

See - I told you "typo" would come in handy!

Is it Abbie? I can't believe my eyes.

I spotted it in the most famous newspaper in India - THE HINDU. Do these infamous newspaper make mistakes? They should have gone through rigorous spell check.

Then how can we learn from them if they make those silly mistakes. They don't even notify them in the next edition.

Newspapers are always making typos! There is a quality paper over here called "The Guardian" which makes so many mistakes that it is nicknamed "The Grauniad"!

I know that it must have been 'the', but since it is a newspapaer I thought they are right and I'm going to learn new grammar rule.

I wonder how these newspaper make repeated mistakes.

Does none of them take these matters to the editor? And doesn't the editor take care of these repeated mistakes?

It's the printers who make the mistakes, and always have. It is from printers that we get the expression "mind your p's and q's". A small typo such as the one you describe can easily happen, and it's not really a big deal in a newspaper, though it can be confusing if you are redaing something in a different language. Well done for spotting it.

It is always wise to take anything you read

I like to read yours and Anne's post, since you people are using new(atleast for me) idioms and I learn new one's now and then.

Even your last thread contains two idioms. I quickly searched for their meanings in Cambrige Online Idioms and found their meanings.

Meanwhile in the use of the former one the dictionary claims its meaning as : "to make an effort to be polite". But, I

And dot your i's and cross your t's !

I rather like "dot your t's and cross your eyes"

It is to make an effort to be polite, but that would include being careful what you say! There is no element of retribution.