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Reason #523 why you should proofread

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:20 pm
by GalvestonDuck
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... ia_blast_1

Scroll down past the first three paragraphs and then read the sentence that appears alone -- starts with "Arandia" and ends with "himself."

Honestly, it's a horrible, tragic story. But that one lone sentence just threw me for a loop.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:18 am
by timNms
It really bugs me when "professionals" make mistakes like that. I'm guilty of gramatical errors, but mine are not published on a news site.

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:59 am
by wx247
LOL!!! :roll: Some people need to learn how to type... and the AP is one of the best news orgs around. :roll:

Reason to proofread

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:19 pm
by sunnyday
Oh, my goodness!

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:29 pm
by Anonymous
Nice catch there, Galveston... one of the most perverted typos I've seen in a long while. :lol:

I agree that when one is being paid many thousands of dollars per year to write stories such as these, they damn well better be flawless as far as grammar and spelling, especially when they're as short as this one is.