Happy New Year! It's 2014 and we're looking back. More specifically, we're looking back to December 2013 and the errors that were seen on
the Yahoo! Canada homepage. First, on December 1, the question mark should have been after the closing quotation mark. Then,
on December 5 the words
say and
ever should have been swapped. Then,
also on December 5, surely - based on context -
leader's should have been
leader. Then,
on December 8 there was an
important lesson regarding proofreading. Then,
also on December 8, there was an I missing from what should have been
competitive. Then,
on December 11 there was this misspelling of
heist. It's another nonword Yahoo! - where is your mind? Then,
on December 15 there was another nonword with this misspelling of
cleared. Then,
there was a second nonword on December 15 with this misspelling of
selfless. Then,
there was a third nonword on December 15 with this misspelling of
portraits. Then,
there was a fourth(!) nonword on December 15 with this misspelling of
decade. 12/15, Yahoo! - never forget. Then,
on December 17 there was this misspelling of midwife. Then,
on December 18 I puzzled over what "an absent minded father airport" is. Then,
on December 22
on should have been
one. Then,
on December 26
form should have been
from. Then,
on December 28 there was this absolute nonsense. First of all, Yahoo! writer,
score does not mean what you think it means. Second of all, I think the rest of the sentence can be fixed by changing
an to
on and moving it to between
marks and
their. Then,
on December 29 there was this misspelling of Redskins. Then,
also on December 29, there was this misspelling of
rules - resulting in another nonword! Then,
on December 30
should have went should have been
should have gone. Then,
in the corresponding article ("
Whoopsie! Chelsea Handler Injures Herself Skiing (but Jokes About It)" on Yahoo! Canada omg! on December 30, 2013), these were the final two paragraphs. The final sentence of the penultimate paragraph is missing at least one word. The final sentence of the final paragraph has a
made which should be
may. Then,
on December 31 there was this misspelling of what should have been
Antarctica. Then,
also on December 31, there was this dog's breakfast. In my mind,
terribly should have been
terrible and
favs should have been
faves, but I don't know what to make of
with plenty of with. A little help? That's all for this time. Click an image to enlarge it.