Showing posts with label Common Ground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Ground. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

the worlds first // an obligation free tour

Promoting the worlds first range of
- Personal Care
- Oral Care
- Hair Care
- Health Care

For an obligation free tour: www.view.miorganicfuture.com
-- MiOrganicFuture advertisement on page 33 in Common Ground, June 2008

Corrections: the world's first; an obligation-free tour.

creative and exiting environment

If you have experience selling print advertising and would like to work in a creative and exiting environment, please send your resume to:
-- Common Ground help wanted advertisement on page 34 in Common Ground, June 2008

Correction: creative and exciting environment. I don't have any advertising experience, but I do have some free time to do some proofreading.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

missing "not" // toxic children's' toys

Two errors were found in Shock and Owe in Common Ground, February 2008.

#1
Property owners considered taking legal action, but were saved the bother when the City of Vancouver launched its own action against the province, reasoning that homeowners should have to go to court to force the government to provide compensation.

My comment: Is it just me, or does the sentence above only make sense once the word not is placed between should and have?

#2
Yet ever since Red China became a card-carrying member of the WTO, and valued supplier to the US consumer market, any ethical concerns beyond poisoned pet food and toxic children’s’ toys are considered almost laughably irrelevant.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

just completed you plan. // How to Chose the Right

In one full-page ad, I find...
1) a testimonial error:
2) a product offer error with bizarre capitalisation:
3) bizarre capitalisation:
-- in at least 2 issues of Common Ground, including December 2007