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by Stratoscope 2623 days ago
> There's an English error on the very first sentence of the description on the Microsoft site. [emphasis added]

The correct usage would be to talk about an error "in" a sentence, not "on" a sentence.

Muphry's law get you every time!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

3 comments

Surely you didn't mean too but the correct tense of "get" on you're sentence would be "gets"
> on you're sentence would be "gets"

this just gets better and better

That was to make sure I didnt violate Muphry's law!
More accurately, Skitt's Law (which is mentioned in that Wikipedia article).
> Muphry

Sems like it got you too!

(Yes that was intentional

In this case the misspelling is actually the correct one. HN has shortened the link in GPs post but if you follow it you'll see it spelled "Muphry's law", and it is a separate one from the general one that everyone knows about.

That said it wouldn't surprise me at all if I've misspelled something here : )