Reason #523 why you should proofread

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Reason #523 why you should proofread

#1 Postby GalvestonDuck » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:20 pm

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.
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#2 Postby timNms » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:18 am

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.
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#3 Postby wx247 » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:59 am

LOL!!! :roll: Some people need to learn how to type... and the AP is one of the best news orgs around. :roll:
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#4 Postby sunnyday » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:19 pm

Oh, my goodness!
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#5 Postby Anonymous » Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:29 pm

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.
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