Usage question "any" - paging copyeditors

[jack]

Can I say "My book doesn't have any major mistake?"[1] I'm suddenly unsure, and google doesn't help because 'any' is too common a word. Andor does anyone have OED?

[1] Originally 'faux pas', but that's confusing because it's spelt the same in singular and plural.

Comments

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Ooh good. Details? Citation? Amusing examples?

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

I tried to think of some, but I am in the middle of producing a batch of request-for-reference letters and my brain is b0rked. Sorry!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

*hug* No worries.