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Does anyone else get the sense that there is an increasing number of spelling errors and typos in otherwise excellent articles produced by otherwise excellent p
by CarolineW 10y ago
Does anyone else get the sense that there is an increasing number of spelling errors and typos in otherwise excellent articles produced by otherwise excellent publications? Most are small and trivial, and exactly what would get past a spell-checker, but not a capable proof reader.
For example:
> ... without their
> bosses every knowing.
^^^^^
I'll have to start making a note of every article I read and see just how many do have such errors - it might just be selection bias.
- maxerickson 10y agoThey misidentify logs as lumber too. Lumber is the stuff that comes out of a saw mill, not the stuff that goes in. (A mistake the source of the picture does not make).
- nkrisc 10y agoIt's just lean journalism. Release and iterate!
- CarolineW 10y agoI see it's been fixed. Clearly a case of let your readers find your errors, just as some people release software and let their users find the bugs.
- Facemelters 10y agoTypically the problem is that smaller publications don't have the luxury of hiring a copyeditor dedicated to catching these things. The economics of publishing require a certain volume, and generally it is hard to balance both the volume and the meticulous copyediting required to pass muster under an absurd rubric like this. Typos like ever --> every are nearly impossible to catch without a fine-tooth comb.
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoBeen like that for 20 years, believe me. I gave up on calling/emailing, etc. to point out errors in normally high quality publications long ago. Now I'm impressed if I make it all the way through an article without a single grammar or spelling error.