Comments on: Is Mediocrity the New Benchmark?

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:32:19 +0000

Wow – can you hopitalize carbon monoxide? And talk about punctual!

Thanks for the laugh, Gillian. 🙂

By: Gillian Swart

Gillian Swart — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:03:28 +0000

My "favorite" was not written, but spoken. A newscaster came on at 9:15 for one of those little "tonight at 11" spots and said, "Local mom and dad hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning at 11." Wrong on so many levels.

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:41:55 +0000

Oh, that's me too, Wendy! In Chinatown or Little Brazil where English is the second language, it's very much forgiveable. In the center of town or at the mall - I'm going to fume.

It is kind of funny. I don't get bothered by blog misspellings if they're occasional.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:25:53 +0000

This is kind of funny. I don't mind a few misspelled words in a blog post, comments, forums, etc.

But, I go into a store and see a handwritten sign with one misspelled word and my whole shopping experience is down the tubes. It bothers me that much, I don't know why.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:59:10 +0000

Cheryl, cauterization? On a heart? Too bad he couldn't do something about her! Spelling DOES matter! (And I fixed my boo-boo - thank you for pointing it out.) :)

Brenda, how many Stans complained? I'm sure Satan was okay with it! LOL

Amie, I know. The characters should be spelled correctly. It's so frustrating! I had read a book where suddenly midway through a new character name showed up - where the main character's name should be. Then it just vanished. In fact, the entire book was an example of what happens when no one is editing. Awful mistakes!

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:55:35 +0000

Actually, I'm surprised no one said "You have a huge typo – instead of the Steelers it should be the Eagles/Cowboys/Saints…." 🙂

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:54:14 +0000

LOL! I lead by example! Sorry, everyone. I'll fix it right away. 🙂

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:46:37 +0000

Don't even get me started on punctuation within quotes ... :oD

I noticed the typo within the body too, but Lori had already said it's not so important in something like this, and it isn't. But I still like to get mine right.

By: Amie

Amie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:49:32 +0000

I just finished reading Stephen King's latest novel, Under the Dome. At one point toward the end, he gets one of his characters' names wrong…granted, the book is over 1,000 pages and there are dozens of characters, but still…

By: Brenda Susan

Brenda Susan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:17:45 +0000

I too, am a natural editor or proofreader though I never get paid for it or even rewarded in most cases. My small town paper used to publish my articles & it drove me crazy to see what they would do to my carefully constructed sentences week after week!

Funny ex: I was quoting someone saying that "Satan is after your children."
The newspaper printed, "Stan is after your children."
I apologized to all the Stans in town the following week! :0