Friday, 18 February 2011

And Your Subeditors Are Illiterate...


/facepalm

5 comments:

  1. The Telegraph outsourced subbing on the print version to Australia some time ago (taking advantage of the time difference). Don't know if the website is similarly done but it does seem as though they have education problems down under as well.

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  2. The misuse of "Your" seems to be the single most common misteak these days...

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  3. Clarissa, I believe 'Down Under' should be capitalised. I'd go into my thoughts about standards in education here but I've got to go help my uncle jack off a horse

    :-)

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  4. AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH. I go all grammar Nazi on Clarissa and miss out a full stop.

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  5. "The Telegraph outsourced subbing on the print version to Australia some time ago..."

    Oh yes, so they did! And it would make even more sense to move the website there...

    "The misuse of "Your" seems to be the single most common misteak these days..."

    Yup, it's overtaken the grocer's apostrophe as the single most noticeable boob.

    "AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH. I go all grammar Nazi on Clarissa and miss out a full stop."

    :D

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