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2. Often, however, the dictionaries are wrong about this, in fact, by putting one word first, they are supporting a self-fulfilling Prophecy. Consider the entry "ax or axe", which appears with the two words in that order in five of my seven dictionaries. If we are all taught to be using the first spelling, and if all of them put the same spelling first, then the first spelling is bound to occur more often.

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1. Often, however, the dictionaries are wrong about this. In fact, by putting one word first, they are supporting a self-fulfilling prophecy.

2. Consider the entry "ax or axe", which appears with the two words in that order in five of my seven dictionaries.
3. If we are all taught to be using the first spelling, and if all of them put the same spelling first, then the first spelling is bound to occur more often.

Revisions:
1. The first error is the capitalization of the word "Prophecy" in the phrase "self-fulfilling Prophecy". The word "prophecy" should be lowercase, so it should be revised to "self-fulfilling prophecy".

2. The second error is the lack of proper punctuation. The sentence "Often, however, the dictionaries are wrong about this, in fact, by putting one word first, they are supporting a self-fulfilling Prophecy." should be broken into two sentences for better clarity. The revised sentence should be "Often, however, the dictionaries are wrong about this. In fact, by putting one word first, they are supporting a self-fulfilling prophecy."

3. The third error is the lack of consistent capitalization and punctuation in the sentence "Consider the entry "ax or axe", which appears with the two words in that order in five of my seven dictionaries." The revised sentence should be "Consider the entry "ax or axe," which appears with the two words in that order in five of my seven dictionaries."

4. The fourth error is the lack of proper punctuation in the sentence "If we are all taught to be using the first spelling, and if all of them put the same spelling first, then the first spelling is bound to occur more often." The revised sentence should be "If we are all taught to be using the first spelling, and if all of them put the same spelling first, then the first spelling is bound to occur more often."