The writer of "Woman, grandson hit by truck in Burnaby" on CBC News online on June 22, 2010, knew that there should be two hyphens in 6-year-old boy, but misplaced them. Then, in the photo caption,
there is a missing word; hit ought to be between it and a. The article has been updated at least once and the errors remain.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
the 6 year-old-boy; where it a woman
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