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"For a man who wants to live for ever" Typo in the first sentence. s/for ever/forever/ I guess no one has editors any longer...

• raldi 5y ago
  The Economist is a British publication, and in British English, "for ever" means without end, whereas "forever" means without pause.
  • ghuin 5y ago
    I guess e40 doesn't have an editor any longer
  • vipa123 5y ago
    I guess then he wants both...
  • inglor_cz 5y ago
    There is a place in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, where someone is momentarily legally dead for tax purposes, but I think Thiel would rather pay some taxes and stay alive without a pause :)
• unfunco 5y ago
  For ever is two words when used after a verb, according to The Economist style guide, page 81 in the tenth edition.
• deleted 5y ago
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