What ever happened to proofreading?

[J Kendrick]

A glaring typo appears in the front page headline below the fold in today's Vancouver Sun:

"Funding for roof coudl fall through...."

How does something so obvious... right on the front page... manage to slip past the editors of a major market daily?

[Howaboutthat]

There was one in the Province talking about 'Boing' getting an air tanker contract from the US military.

[Neumann Sennheiser]

There was one in the Province talking about 'Boing' getting an air tanker contract from the US military.

[The Unknown Copywriter]

Earlier this week, the Province front page referred to the big windstorm of 4 years ago, and inside with the story, 5 years ago.

Or 5 years, then 6 years.

Something like that.

Pfffft.

[PMC]

As someone that has written for a newspaper (calgary herald) on a freelance basis, I have seen what editors can do to copy and then it gets further butchered by the layout staff. I then read the result, and stated, I never wrote that !!!

[isthisthingon]

As someone that has written for a newspaper (calgary herald) on a freelance basis, I have seen what editors can do to copy and then it gets further butchered by the layout staff. I then read the result, and stated, I never wrote that !!!

At the risk of being called a curmudgeon (gulp!) - it's "As someone who has written . . ."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_(pronoun)

[Jack Bennest]

And editors are there to catch such grammatical errors but not to change the gist of what you are trying to say.

To be clear use short sentences as once you go to more than one thought at a time; the average reader can be
stumped trying to figure out the message.

[The Unknown Copywriter]

There was one in the Province talking about 'Boing' getting an air tanker contract from the US military.

If this poster was made today, Tony's hands would be about 6 inches lower...

[radiofan]

From KXL radio in Portland ..

Woman Found Bleeding Along Road With Stab Wounds

http://www.kxl.com/pages/9386575.php?

[Buckley]

From KXL radio in Portland ..

Woman Found Bleeding Along Road With Stab Wounds

http://www.kxl.com/pages/9386575.php?

Why was she near a road with stab wounds? I try and stay clear of roads that have been stabbed.

"Woman found stabbed, bleeding on side of the road" may have been a better short headline.

[slowhand]

How about "Stabbed Woman Found Bleeding Beside Road"? Or is that too simple?

[isthisthingon]

Paul Harvey's favourite was: "Police are questioning a man who shot in the fracas"

[freqfreak2]

How about ...

Man who plead guilty to having sex with horse released from prison
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110321/bc_sex_offender_horse_110321/20110321?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Begs the question, what was the horse doing time for?

[Howaboutthat]

How about ...

Man who plead guilty to having sex with horse released from prison
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110321/bc_sex_offender_horse_110321/20110321?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Begs the question, what was the horse doing time for?

Other than possibly substituting pleaded for plead, I can't see anything wrong with it. (the sentence, not the act)

[freqfreak2]

Rule says: if it's the least bit confusing, re-cast the sentence.