Dantankerous Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Every week I see simple grammar errors in online news that could easily be prevented if somebody with half a brain proofread this stuff before it went to digital print. Here is yet another great example from a local online news source. I should have been keeping all my screenshots to make a book. I can generate several of these examples every week. My chuckle has turned into a laugh. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Part of the new normal. If you mention someone’s spelling or grammar errors online anymore it’s like you called them the N word or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shapiro Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 The quality of writing has decreased significantly. Deciphering the intent of the article has become difficult, case in point is the article posted above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Jay Leno had a segment on his show called "Headlines". That was all newspapers, so it's been going on for a long time! Editors don't edit very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Need a BB gun to limit crows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 +1 I have gotten really sensitive to listening many folks on TV starting every sentence with the word "So" .... Mr X ... how old are you ... "Sooooo ... this June I will be 28." What kind of dog do you have Mr X ... "Soooooooo ... my dog Rex is mixed breed." Sooooooo ... are we there yet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, Patagonia Pete said: +1 I have gotten really sensitive to listening many folks on TV starting every sentence with the word "So" .... Mr X ... how old are you ... "Sooooo ... this June I will be 28." What kind of dog do you have Mr X ... "Soooooooo ... my dog Rex is mixed breed." Sooooooo ... are we there yet?? Sooooo is the new uhm. CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Sooooooo... seems to be the new Valley Girl speak. Could not stand it in the '80s neither. Like, you know... Like, like, like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Del Tackett is a Christian minister who does video / book bible studies for youth groups, etc. You watch the video, read a section of the book, and then talk about it in small groups. In one of his studies, he shows the dumbing down of the American education system over the last century. 100 years ago, students were required to have a pretty solid foundation in Latin just to graduate from high school. Now we have professional journalists -- WRITERS -- who do not know the difference between "it's" and "its." The funny thing is, I found two other errors before the one you highlighted. Egad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Poor grammar is one thing, but the abysmal quality of reporting is another, at least what I see here in much of the media here in Canada. It's bad. In fact our Prime Minister banned one group (The Rebel) who asks tough or challenging questions, instead of the softball, pre-screened ones at his briefings. Working reporters seem to have become a dying breed. Instead, much of the current flock seem to hang around the offices and rely on the well crafted hand-outs to file their daily quota of "News". In too many cases, if you were there and know what is going on, you are left scratching your head, wondering if the tale they have spun is the same one you witnessed. If you try to ensure the reporter is getting it accurately, they become resentful and may walk away, claiming they don't have time. Don't have time to get it correctly? Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Patagonia Pete said: +1 I have gotten really sensitive to listening many folks on TV starting every sentence with the word "So" .... Mr X ... how old are you ... "Sooooo ... this June I will be 28." What kind of dog do you have Mr X ... "Soooooooo ... my dog Rex is mixed breed." Sooooooo ... are we there yet?? So, do you prefer "therefore?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Here's your grammar lesson of the day courtesy of you very own Ivy League (Dartmouth College), "GRAMMATICAL" errors!!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: So, do you prefer "therefore?" No ... actually no prefix was required at all in those (example) responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Editors don't edit very good! Well. Editors don’t edit very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Well. Editors don’t edit very well. Now you know why I'm not an editor!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: The funny thing is, I found two other errors before the one you highlighted. Egad Was one of them EVER SINCE? My ear for speech (trained in southern dialect) says that is correct, but my brain says, "I don't think so". "...they only got so many people..." Obviously a mistake, but it is a quote so you should not change it. I believe the reporter should have wrote WRITTEN, "...they only got (sic) so many...", so the readers would realize did THAT the reporter did not use the term incorrectly, but instead quoted someone that used the term incorrectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 2 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said: Well. Editors don’t edit very well. Editors don't edit at all. They haven't for about two decades now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Henry T Harrison Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 8 hours ago, Yul Lose said: Part of the new normal. If you mention someone’s spelling or grammar errors online anymore it’s like you called them the N word or something. I would never embarrass someone by pointing out mistakes in spelling or grammar in public. That is just plain rude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholla Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 In this time speed is more important. If you're not first to get a story out, you're last. First wins. Last fades away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 So, like, whatever Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 32 minutes ago, Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 said: So, like, whatever Imis Just sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 My two pet peeves are (could be two of my pet peeves): Those/these ones... Where is he/she/it at. I guess you could say I strive to be terse (concise) and unnecessary, grammatically incorrect, words in a sentence rankle me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 15 hours ago, Cholla said: In this time speed is more important. If you're not first to get a story out, you're last. First wins. Last fades away. “Second place is just the first loser.” ― Dale Earnhardt Or Reese Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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