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$400 a month or $400 a week? Does anyone proof read blogs any more? One off comments, fine, but if you’re going to the effort to publish something on a blog?
by chgs 2y ago
$400 a month or $400 a week?
Does anyone proof read blogs any more?
One off comments, fine, but if you’re going to the effort to publish something on a blog?
This isn’t a typo, this is a difference between 400 and 1700.
- acka 2y agoI am not an Aussie but I asked an AI and it told me that weekly and fortnightly rent payments are common in Australia. Also see the ABC news story and the post on X which seem to confirm this is rent due weekly.
- cwillu 2y agoCorrect, this isn't a typo. Perhaps you should hold your one-off comments to a higher standard before you publish them.
- cromulent 2y agoI think they are referring to the room with a glass bathroom cubicle in it. Linked ABC article says $400 / week, blog post says $400 / month. The author mentioned they were having a few beers, I think we should give them a break. I understood what they were saying.
- Sebb767 2y agoThe thing that the parent implicitly pointed out is that a typo would be a different category of error and the comparison doesn't make much sense [0]. A more correct phrasing in the grandparent would have been "this is not a minor mistake". At least that's my interpretation. [0] Although you could argue that typo is an example of a minor mistake and used as such, making it a valid comparison.
- chgs 2y agoYeah a typo is a minor mistake that doesn’t usually change the meaning. 400 a month is insanely cheap, 400 a week is insanely expensive. That completely changes the context.