-- Facebook advertisement on January 30, 2009 It irks me a little that people mistakenly put that apostrophe in there quite often, but when it's in their own advertisement with the logo pictured in the same ad showing no apostrophe, well, that irks me a lot
-- "Slumping squad makes Wild welcome" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 30, 2009 Firstly, the word defencemen should be defenceman. Lastly, a period is needed at the end, and not the twenty-minute nor biological kind.
-- "Delta’s Berger lives the dream" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 30, 2009 In other words, "give a one hundred and ten per cent". Wrong, right? Please please please write either give a hundred and ten per cent or give 110 per cent. Do not mix the two.
-- "Victim dies (need to know)" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 30, 2009 Compare the correct Crowley Drive with the incorrect Crowely Street. Not really close, eh?
-- "Tapes show YVR reaction to Taser hit" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 30, 2009 Missing: a closing single quotation mark. It didn't arrive within the double quotation marks before sentence's end?
-- "Butt of his own jokes" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 29, 2009 I've posted several of these quotes-of-the-article type of errors, but this one takes the cake. Why is copy-and-paste not a possibility? The first thing that caught my eye was the a a------! error (the article correctly has an), but upon further review, there's a plethora of errors. At the end of the purple-quoted text, there should be a single closing quotation mark before the double closing quotation mark. You know what, there are just too many differences between the article's text and the quoted text, so I leave it to you: How many differences can you spot?
-- YouTube video comment on January 29, 2009 I normally don't include user comments from sites such as YouTube and Facebook, as people are generally writing quickly and aren't expected to be professional, but this one highlights a common mistake: could of instead of could have or could've. How can someone write it correctly and incorrectly just a few words apart? It boggles my mind.
-- TV schedule on NBC.com on January 29, 2009Placing an N directly before the second D would change the surname to FERDINAND, which happens to be the correct spelling.
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Two attempts, two fails. The second attempt came close to the correct beleaguered, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Exact same text appeared in the paper's next edition five days later.
-- "Lineup" in Sports Illustrated on December 22, 2008 Tunrs out the Ravesn' defnese was the NLF's best.
-- "Happy New Year" in Sports Illustrated on December 29, 2008 One might think that the aggression quote was said by Zawistowski. But, no. As you can see in the article's text, the goofy dogs quote was indeed said by Zawistowski, while the aggression quote was said by Reynolds.
-- "Who to watch down the stretch" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 28, 2009 Who can spell perennial correctly?
-- "Moved by his words" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 28, 2009 The word a is singular. The word moments is plural. Omit the s and then there's agreement.
-- "New hope springs forward" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 28, 2009 The word affect is a verb. The word effect is a noun. The writer should have used the plural form of the latter, not the former.
-- "Hello Tokyo (People)" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 28, 2009 Make that the twins' first foray and our gallery and then I still won't go to that webpage.
-- "Clean up a hairy situation" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 27, 2009 That is a painful opening line to an article. I was half expecting it to be an article about education/grammar. Actually, more like quarter expecting - it is 24 hours after all. The article's subject is children's hairstyles. Here's a screenshot of the newspaper's homepage, which links to the article:
-- "split denied (People) in Vancouver 24 hours on January 27, 2009
click image to enlargeThere should be a comma after Chile in the bold opening. The writer correctly writes with its colonial architectural gems, but then writes with it's modern skyscrapers in the very same sentence! In the photo caption there is an interesting, albeit incorrect, take on the word panoramic.
-- "Love strikes Sacred Heart (On the Tube)" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 27, 2009 "Open sesame" "Open sez a who?" "Open sez a ME!"
-- "Ferries a back plan for 2010?" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 26, 2009 Once again, 24 hours has misquoted its own article, this time by inserting the word will and omitting the word can.
-- "James robbed in Surrey" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 26, 2009 As entertained as I am by thieve's and by the huge white space between security and patrolled, they are still errors.
-- "VPD seek suspect in sexual assaults" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 26, 2009 Can you spot the error?
-- "Britney Spears New Song 'If U Seek Amy': What Does it Mean?!" in The Post Chronicle online on January 26, 2009 No, it sounds like you're spelling the "f" word, which is more subtle than making you say the "f" word. I'm a fan of the song's title.
-- "Terrace, B.C., unveiled as Hockeyville finalist" on Sympatico / MSN Sports on January 25, 2009 I'd like to crown the writer, if you know what I mean.
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-- "In the city" in Westender on January 22, 2009
The misspelling of peek is often found in close proximity to sneak. I wonder if the writer would correctly spell peek in sneak's absence.
-- "Canadians today take it on the chin without complaint" in The Vancouver Courier on January 23, 2009 Premature punctuation.
-- "Sting in the tale" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 22, 2009 I usually make a point of keeping the name of the writer out of the image, but I can't really do that when it's the name of the writer that contains the error. His first name is Graeme.
-- "Happy returns? (sports briefs)" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 21, 2009 The paper came out today and the Canucks played the Sharks last night. A game summary that includes the fact that Lemieux played is right next to the above blurb. I think the should be before San Jose Sharks.
-- "Top bureaucrat takes her leave" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 21, 2009 Once again, the quoted text is different from the article. Firstly, this is becomes this was. Secondly, career becomes carer.
-- "Cowards inquest" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 21, 2009 Her name has no s.
-- "Canadians gather to welcome Obama" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 21, 2009 The article says 400 people were at the event, while the caption says that 100 poeople were there. Could any of the attendees hear the heartbeat coming from the floorboard?
-- "Brit to tell all - for a mere $20 million" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 21, 2009 The paragraph that goes from the left column to the right should have a closing quotation mark at the end of it. Omit to in the final sentence and it's golden.
-- "'nuck talk" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 20, 2009 There shouldn't be an apostrophe. Consider, Next Lightning's game.
-- "Obamania rides northern wave" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 20, 2009 Ugh. Proofread!
-- "Obamania rides northern wave" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 20, 2009 Is this a compromise between watch the inauguration and watch Obama's inauguration?
-- www.trivia-win.com advertisement on YouTube on January 19, 2009 When you click the image the first page that comes up has the bubble text correctly written as, Let's test your IQ - It's FUN! What - they needed to dumb it down for the YouTube demographic?
-- "Keep your resume current" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 19, 2009 It's time to place an apostrophe in its and to move the colon to after the closing quotation mark.
-- "Bored in Bed?" on Yahoo! Canada Lifestyle on January 18, 2009 Throw a dart and put the hyphen where the dart sticks.
-- Yahoo! Canada homepage on January 18, 2009
click image to enlargeThere are issues with the spelling of unforeseen.
-- "Buzz at Sundance" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 16, 2009 The bottom of the y from buyers' is almost low enough to double as an apostrophe in what should be Brooklyn's, but not quite.
-- "THE BOYS ARE BACK! (After Six: Shows)" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 16, 2009 I've looked all over - where r you?
-- "Coffee shop musings on a thriving community" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 16, 2009 Here a homophone, there a homophone, everywhere a homophone homophone.
-- "Caught on tape (need to know)" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 16, 2009 Three people get assaulted but only one is a victim. Why?
-- "Good bye, Gil" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 15, 2009 Makes me think of the ending of "All Tore Up" by The Tragically Hip:
tonight's the night; tonight's the night, tonight; tonight's the night; tonight; tonight tonight tonight; tonight's the night, tonight; tonight tonight tonight; tonight's the night; tonight; tonight tonight tonight
-- "10 tips on photographing children" on Sympatico / MSN Tech & Gadgets on January 13, 2009 Hey Vanna, I'd like to buy a vowl.
-- "Calorie counting" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 14, 2009 An apostrophe is needed to make it correctly punctuated as McDonald's.
-- "Sweatin' to technology" in Vancouver 24 hours on January 14, 2009 The green text misquotes Mohan and the article itself.
-- Facebook ad on January 14, 2009 Maybe the band will compromise their integrity, morality and principles in exchange for money, success or other personal gain (according to Wikipedia's Selling out page). Or maybe the word their should be they're.