More Boo-Boos from the Press
Spelling, Grammar, and Logic Errors #3 (War, Politics, Culture, Soccer, &c)
It's been two months since my last takedown of various articles published on “The Interwebs.” The first one was “What the World Needs Now is More Proofreaders and Editors” and the second one was “Fails, Fiascos, Misfires, and Flubups.”
Without further ado, here's another batch, in no particular order:
Is a little proofreading really too much to ask for?
Face-slap-worthy.
Writers: Doublecheck what you write before posting!
There’s no such word as “ensurie” (not in English, anyway).
Contesting this claim is a logic error: While I get where they’re trying to go with this, to say “most” is actually accurate if there were only two opposed and at least three supporting nations. It would perhaps be slightly misleading, but still technically accurate.
This should have been re-written as “Kirill, left, a military conscript, last contacted…” or better yet, “Military conscript Kirill (left) last contacted…”
There should be a comma between “Charlie” and “had.”
Was somebody “much high” when they wrote this?
Obvious omission of “of.”
Renowned, not renown.
Donald T. Rump seems to always want to stay where he’s not wanted, but I think this should be “say” instead of “stay.”
Arghh!
That kind of support is akin to simultaneously wearing a belt and suspenders.
Until Russia’s what?
And, last but not least, this one from today (12/11/22):
“Well ass”? Does the team have a fit-as-a-fiddle donkey in the lineup, or what is being spoken of here?
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