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Flag "oldest * in the books" instead of "oldest * in the book" #821

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@hippietrail

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Another one I just heard for the first time. I'd call it a hypercorrection adding more logic to an idiomatic phrase.

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Definitions of the correct form from real dictionaries

Examples

  • (Stack Overflow) - This is the oldest Delphi mistake in the books and I'm sure you've made it before (we all have), and I'm sure you recognise it when you see it.
  • (Stack Overflow) - ... oldest trick in the books, a restart and it works all the times(for now).
  • (GitHub) - // (The oldest trick in the books - TTY / TIOCSTI stuffing)
  • (Stack Overflow) - Once the OS is started the MBR is typically protected for virus reasons - this is one of the oldest virus tricks in the books - goes back to ...
  • (Stack Exchange) - Ok, I realized now that I was making the oldest mistake in the books with my code, dividing my v by 2 instead of dividing it by 5.
  • (Stack Exchange) - One of the oldest chromatic alterations in the books is the raising of the leading tone in final cadences when the diatonic seventh degree
  • (Slashdot) - The oldest trick in the books. Unix IS proven technology.
  • (Slashdot) - He enables the oldest tricks in the books, create fear from thing like prosperity (we really don't need Foxconn?)
  • (Slashdot) - Isnt that like one of the oldest military plays in the books?

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If there is any grammatical context in which the error may lie (for example, a word may always be invalid if preceded by a preposition), let us know. Provide a few examples, if possible.

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