Proofreading is a dying art!
 

Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn't you say?



Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No kidding, really? Ya think?
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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing, lazy so-and-so's!
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
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Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
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Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?
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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!

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And the winner is...
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

Did I read that right?
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Oh, oh. Oh!!!!! Love this!!!!!!

Thanks! Better than Jay Leno's Headlines!!

I just love these items, Ditter. I got a good laugh before bedtime. Thanks so much.

I love your sense of humor!! At least I'm not alone when I laugh at the wrong time!

Hi Ditter, I haven't seen you post anything for a few days. Aren't they hilarious?

Do you think anyone reads what they write before sending it out.

These days even the newspapers need more proofreading.......and how about some of the english in conversation......or on the TV?

I wonder if the kids today know that there is the nominative case and an objective case and when to use which and why???

I cringe when I hear "me and her" went shopping !!!!!!!!!

Makes one wonder, doesn't it?????

Do they even teach English in schools anymore? At least it was called English when I went to school, who knows what it might be called now!!! Thanks Ditter for the morning chuckle.

oh my goodness, I can't breath lololololololo

yup, breathe

About the Jaywalkers. A cop in Dallas one time shot a jaywalker. Seriously.

Thanks for the chuckles, Ditter.

Pity the poor columnist striving to get someone's attention with such awful lead-ins. My pet peeve is not "Me and---" but I have went or I seen it.

Being a secretary in my younger years, it gets me with the misuse of your and you're...among other gaffs.

Amen!! I try to double check myself but don't always succeed.

:thumbup: thank you for the laugh!!

Good laughs. Seeing misspelled words on business signs really get me.

Oh Dither, what would we do without you to lift our days?

Great!!! Thanks for the laughs and you are so right about proofreading.

The read as if "thinking" is the dying art!

Thanks Ditter.:thumbup:

Had my chuckle for the day. Now I should go to work.

Thanks for sharing - can always count on you for a good laugh

Those are funny, but so true. I think most of the "editors" are using spellcheck and not checking grammar. They also seem to miss checking the word, even if spellcheck doesn't say the spelling is wrong. I was reading a book the other day and the character had "died" the fabric, rather than "dyed" it.

Sometimes it's really bad reading the running "headlines" on some of the news channels like CNN or Fox and I think they use a computer for closed captioning, so it's very interesting to read.

Poor spellcheck will never understand homonyms and idioms nor can it correct mixed metaphors. :o

I had to laugh when I read the news story online about the guy who stole 102 bottles of nail polish from a CVS and he was caught red-handed.... my mind just works weird like that.

Thank you!!! I needed that

I have laughed till I have tears running down my face! Funny as this is, I see mistakes like this all the time--it's sad! But this has made my day!

"Do they even teach English in schools anymore? At least it was called English when I went to school; who knows what it might be called now!!!"
I agree with the comments. I am a retired 8th grade Language Arts teacher. When I first started teaching in 1968, spelling, punctuation, verb agreement, usage, etc. were highly emphasized. By the time I retired in 1999, none of that seemed important any more. We had to teach to the tests so students could pass, but what had they learned that would help them in the real world? Very little.
Recently, the office manager in my doctor's office and whom I taught in the early 1970s thanked me for the effort I put into teaching her correct grammar. She said as an 8th grader that she considered it boring, but she is now thankful for what I taught her. That certainly made my day!

Thanks for making my day a happy one. This was great.

That was great.

Thanks Ditter, that is really funny.

I'm amazed at all the mistakes people make when writing. It's so obvious they don't proofread before they hit send. Spell Check doesn't catch the errors as well, if the word is spelled right but the wrong word, it goes through. Editing errors is a pet peeve of mine.

Really funny Ditter! Thanks for the laughs...I'm sending this one to my uncle.

Ditter, you find the best stuff.