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)
Friday 4 February 2011
What Happens When You Let Your Standards Drop
In this week's Spectator, Charles Moore claims almost no-one in government can write decent English any more:
He also picks up this bit of scrambled, unedited prose:
hi there zmkc! didn't know you had this blog! hey would you like my pic I took of my shocking copy of lolita??
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I'm always finding spelling mistakes in books
That, to quote Darryl Kerrigan (The Castle), is going straight to the pool room.
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