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Oops
Today’s Northwest Arkansas Times, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette‘s Fayetteville daily, spelled a word wrong in its top headline today. Maybe quandary is one of those words the general populace doesn’t...
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Grace triumphs over grammar policing
I’m one of those people who care about correct grammar, punctuation, spelling and usage, particularly in writing. I’ve gone through phases concerning grammar in speech. When I first worked at a...
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Mistakes a quick read would catch
On the brief description on our most recent DVD from Netflix, the need for proofreaders and copyeditors in all realms of life reared its head. Here’s part of what it said: “Sydney picks up the pieces...
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How shoddy writing will deter customers
Reading Solar Style‘s relatively brief FAQ page — my husband suggested one of the company’s solar cell phone/iPod chargers for his birthday gift — I was turned off on the company. Why? The page...
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Shoddy writing, take 2
Not all printing services are created equal and outputs differ in many ways like the level of customization possible, the binding materials and methods will your file be reviewed before printing? The...
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How to spell or, word pet peeve
This website made me laugh. It would seem that someone has such a strong aversion to definitely being misspelled that he or she created an entire, albeit simple, website dedicated to educating people...
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Unnecessary quotation marks
As seen on our recent trip to Florida, on the door of Down the Hatch, a coastal restaurant on Daytona Beach. It shouldn’t need to be said here, but I’ll say it anyway: Quotation marks do not provide...
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Perish nurse
I went back and forth about whether I should post this. I try to be respectful, and sometimes pointing out the mistakes of others is certainly not respectful. This one is almost so egregious that I...
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