Posted on 08/21/2014 1:16:03 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
My pet peeves are autocomplete and autocorrect. I occasionally (frequently) get in a rush and write fast, so I am perfectly capable of generating my own errors, but I think the computer makes more than I do. Autocorrect, especially, tends to recreate the same mistake even after I’ve gone back and fixed it. Does anyone know how to turn it off?
Punctuation is your friend.
I don’t think it’s dying. I think the dinosaur media has cut editor jobs in an effort to save money and depend on the line jourinalists to do their own editing.
Some if the stuff being published is just awful.
Of course the general dumbing down of America makes this problem even worse.
That post could have used some proofreading.
I'd say journalism, in general, is dead.
And spelling’s been on life support for years!
Friend of mine does it for a living. FR makes her crazy!
Tenants refuse to go in dumpster.
Thats just you’re opinion no body else see ‘s any thing wrong.
Most of the writers are illiterate, too. For jobs, it’s increasingly “who you know” or who you are related to.
Seattle man says he killed 4 in Wash., N.J. to gain revenge against U.S.
I immediately freaked out because my parents live about 15 minutes from Washington, New Jersey.
Jesus H. Christ. How hard is it to use an ampersand?
From the Charlotte Observer’s sports pages, sometime in the late ‘80s...
Jordan Pulls Bulls by Nuggets
reminds me of the youtube about the the ship that lost it's bow.
journalist "what happen?"
scientist "The bow fell off."
journalist "Is that unusual?"
1966?
Must have still been using typewriters.
I worked for a nearby County for a public agency, which will remain nameless.
That particular typo popped up at least once a month.
And that was late 90s-early 2000s
The word processing age, no excuse. Seems to me you can exclude specific words from the word processing dictionary to avoid such embarrassment.
We had a funny error in the yellow pages many years ago.(New England Telephone)
It was a large ad for a sex therapist.
The spacing was off in the word “therapist” and it was printed as;
THE RAPIST AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.
.
Typos never bothered me; easy enough which adjacent letter belongs. However, what is really irritating, are random homonyms.
My favorite?
"If... I would of done it differently..."
Headless body in Topless Bar. 
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Black Lung Disease Killing Soft Coal Miners
(NYT)
“I could care less” is one of my favorites.
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