LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

  Dr. Irvin Yalom has answered my question about why he wrote "Did she used to..." in his The Schopenhauer Cure . The correct form is "Did she use to..?" and the answer to the "error" is a phonetical one: The sound of the "t" blends with "use" to make it sound "used" and inadvertedly people fall into this grammatical ditch. A liaison that may sound far-fetched, but which is not. Try it.  This answer does satisfy me.  And I thank Dr. Yalom for his quick reply. 

It has accurred to me that you might think I am petty and that I focus on language trivia when I point out the errors, typos, or faux pas of writers of prestige. But I have a grudge, an ax to grind, against the English-speaking intelligetnsia. They are uppity, stubborn, ivory-towered and believe themselves to be tops... but they are not. Most hold on to the stupid assumption that being a native is enough. I like Dr. Irvin Yalom ´s The Schopenhauer Cure . He knows how to spin a good yarn. He has good dictionaries of synonyms which he uses constantly. He enthralls me with his pedantry. In short: I like him. But why on earth would he write "Schopenhauer said that a highly attractive women..."? In his Acknowledgments he mentions many people who read the trypescript of his novel and offered suggestions, corrections and the like. But nobody read this line: "Schopenhauer said that a highly attractive women..."? The Publisher, HarperCollins, probably has no proofr...