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Weird typos(?) in the article: coördinate, coöperate. Seemingly other sloppy typos like "Signal could only proffer the relevant". No critique against the subs
by spurgu 6y ago
Weird typos(?) in the article: coördinate, coöperate.
Seemingly other sloppy typos like "Signal could only proffer the relevant".
No critique against the substance of the article though, seems great so far, love Moxie.
Edit: And the date in the URL is October 26.
- thristian 6y agoThe New Yorker's house style is to use a dieresis to indicate when adjacent vowels do not form a diphthong. There's a syllable-break in between the Os of "coöperate", as opposed to between the Os of "chicken coop", so it gets a special marker. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_%28diacritic%29#English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_%28diacritic%29#Engl... "proffer" is also a perfectly legitimate word: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proffer https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proffer
- spurgu 6y agoWhile being a non-native speaker I still consider myself to have a high grade of English knowledge and I knew about neither of these. Thank you!
- nkurz 6y agoJust to complete the trifecta, the URL date is presumably that of the print issue in which this article will appear. This "cover date" is usually a week or so ahead of the actual printing date: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_date
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- Xophmeister 6y agoThe diereses over the o (or any doubled letter) is an old-fashioned way of indicating a syllable break, rather than a longer vowel sound (as in “good”). It’s the New Yorker’s house style. Also, I don’t see any spelling mistakes in the sentence you mention...
- spurgu 6y agoI stand corrected!