When proofreaders go missing: a blog of errors, designed to demonstrate why sub-editors and copy editors remain important, at a time when they are increasingly regarded as optional extras (all contributions welcome; to follow on Twitter - zmkc)
Monday 7 February 2011
Full Text Please
Dear Sydney Morning Herald
Please may I have ten cents for every word that is missing from your articles? I enclose three examples, to give you an idea of the kind of thing I mean:
And how about five cents for every letter missing in the middle of a word:
I thought of you on Saturday morning. I noticed missing words in two other articles that you haven't got here (Sorry, didn't note them, just turned the page in exasperation. What is it with the missing words, SMH?
If I can get this deal fixed up with them, M-H, I reckon I'm going to make my fortune. They won't object, surely? (#toomuchoptimism, to use a Twitter hashtag)
I thought of you on Saturday morning. I noticed missing words in two other articles that you haven't got here (Sorry, didn't note them, just turned the page in exasperation. What is it with the missing words, SMH?
ReplyDeleteIf I can get this deal fixed up with them, M-H, I reckon I'm going to make my fortune. They won't object, surely? (#toomuchoptimism, to use a Twitter hashtag)
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