Changes I would make.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 177660

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> If I were her copyeditor, I would have pointed out these problems and
> others (including "fug," which, word or no word, I would suggest
> changing to "fog"), but as purely stylistic choices, suitable for the
> average reader and especially for children, I would have left "steam
> rising in characteristic spirals," technically incorrect though it is,
> simply because it creates the right picture in the mind of most
> readers and sounds graceful and natural.

Geoff:
I'm not sure where 'fug' occurs but what's the matter with it?

It's freqently used in UK English and in my dictionary:

fug > noun Brit. informal a warm, stuffy atmosphere