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Doesn't anyone use proofreaders anymore?

Old 08-09-2015, 04:59 AM
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Headline on Yahoo home page

"Trump sews new conflict."

Who knew, he is one of us. I think they meant "sows" however. They should be embarrassed.
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Old 08-09-2015, 05:09 AM
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​the old auto correct strikes again and no one bothered to re-read it before printing.
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:15 AM
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yep, you gotta love idiots! sorry, Yes, you have to love idiots!
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ptquilts, every time I read the newspaper I feel like taking a red felt pen and circling all the grammar errors and typos.... nice to know I'm not the only one. and I figured out how to shut off the auto correct on my ipad, it was just too annoying. Sometimes when I type I make a mistake and I'm okay with that; but for the machine to be telling me what I must be trying to say was a little too much.
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Funny, I doubt if he even know how to thread a sewing machine.
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:48 AM
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I ordered business cards. My last name only has 4 letters. I sent the cards back twice; I proofread twice. I know how to spell my last name. They got upset because I wouldn't accept an "s" at the end of my name. Went to another place and got a better deal and no hassle.
I too half to laugh when the local newspaper holds spelling bees and send the kids to nationals. I sent a letter to the paper and told them they really needed to have these kids proofread the newspaper. Obviously, their employees never were in a spelling bee or even had an inclination what it was. the least they could do was use autocorrect.
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Old 08-09-2015, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by tessagin View Post
I ordered business cards. My last name only has 4 letters. I sent the cards back twice; I proofread twice. I know how to spell my last name. They got upset because I wouldn't accept an "s" at the end of my name. Went to another place and got a better deal and no hassle.
I too half to laugh when the local newspaper holds spelling bees and send the kids to nationals. I sent a letter to the paper and told them they really needed to have these kids proofread the newspaper. Obviously, their employees never were in a spelling bee or even had an inclination what it was. the least they could do was use autocorrect.

LOL! "Half to laugh"? Or "have" to laugh?
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Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2 View Post
Funny, I doubt if he even know how to thread a sewing machine.
Sure he does...he just yells at it and the machine threads itself.

OR

is that Chuck Norris who does that?
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I prefer typos to bad formatting. I doubt no one under 30 knows how to indent or why or when.
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One of the grammatical errors that drives me crazy is the misuse of "brought". Ex: I brought my sewing machine to the shop. It should be "I took my machine to the shop." I, too, spot all the errors in the paper; even the large type headlines are not exempt. I did teach language arts for a hundred years and do know the rules!!!
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