That’s my feeling too, marijke. One or two mistakes on a blog, eh, the world will still turn. One or two mistakes in a major publication on a consistent basis speaks to a larger problem. I remember working on a relatively large magazine and having a proofreading staff. I remember the day they were all laid off permanently. Our workload doubled and mistakes found their way into print. I do suspect that’s what we’ve been seeing for the last decade. Proofreading departments, if they still exist, are taxed to their capacity and simply cannot do it all.

Errors happen, but when something is to be published, it goes before enough pairs of eyes that typos should be caught.

I can’t bear typos either, and I correct them whenever I can. When I discovered the book ‘Eats, Shoots & Leaves,’ I stood there in the book shop with tears running done my face. Finally a book for people like me! The fact that it became a bestseller moved and impressed me no end.

My pet peeve is ‘me’ used in the subjective position and ‘I’ used in the objective position. Both drive me wild.

Yet again, fabulous minds think alike!

I agree: The Superheroes of Grammar are the best.

Rebecca : )

You win a gold Sharpie!

“If I see I typo in something I’m reading, I can’t go on.”

I went on reading after seeing I for one, but it stopped me momentarily.