Proofreading newspapers is a dying art

[MarsGodOfWar 8]

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter

It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.

 

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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

No foolin, really? Ya think?

 

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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Now that's taking things a bit far!

 

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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

What a guy!

 

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Miners Refuse to Work after Death

The-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!

 

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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

See if that works any better than a fair trial!

 

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War Dims Hope for Peace

I can see where it might have that effect!

 

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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Ya think?!

 

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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Who would have thought!

 

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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

They may be on to something!

 

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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?

 

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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge

He probably IS the battery charge!

 

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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

Weren't they large enough?!

 

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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

That's what he gets for eating those beans!

 

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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Do they taste like chicken?

 

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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Chainsaw Massacre all over again!

 

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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

Boy, are they tall!

 

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Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery;

Hundreds Dead

Did I read that right?

 

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Edited February 13, 2010 by MarsGodOfWar

[joekicker 53]

There aren't any proofreaders to speak of at maybe half a dozen newspapers worldwide.

 

Not to be pedantic.... well, okay to be pedantic, none of the above should be caught by proofreaders, but by sub-editors, aka copy editors. They write those headlines and they and their co-editors are supposed to catch that sort of funny stuff. A proofreaders' job is pretty much catching typos, and while humans are infinitely better than computers at it, the computers do it all these days.

 

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[Ergodyne 19]

Eye halve a spelling chequer

 

It came with my pea sea

 

It plainly marques four my revue

 

Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

 

Eye strike a quay and type a word

 

And weight four it two say

 

Weather eye am wrong oar write

 

It shows me strait a weigh.

 

As soon as a mist ache is maid

 

It nose bee fore two long

 

And eye can put the error rite

 

Its rarely ever wrong.

 

Eye have run this poem threw it

 

I am shore your pleased two no

 

Its letter perfect in it's weigh

 

My chequer tolled me sew.

 

 

 

There is actually nothing wrong with that as far as a spelling checker would make out.

 

Proof reading is another matter

 

Try explaining what is wrong with it to a Thai

[joekicker 53]

Try explaining what is wrong with it to a Thai unsure allright

 

Why was that necessary or informative?

 

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