November 2013 was a bad month for the writers (and consequently for the readers) of
the Yahoo! Canada homepage, which means there are a lot of errors ahead of us. Here we go. First, on November 3, the word
be ought to have been between
to and
seen. Then,
also on November 3, what should have been
paleontologist was missing an O. Then,
on November 8 there was some suspect news" about Rob Ford. He's a leader as the mayor of Toronto, but he hasn't died, by poisoning or otherwise, and I even if he had died I don't know why the Russians would be the top investigators. Then,
also on November 8 there was an extra word: either
at or
outside should have been omitted. Then,
on November 12 hyphens were missing from
14-year-olds and
hault should have been
halt. Then,
on November 13 there was one
the too many. Then,
on November 14 this teaser piqued my curiosity. So I clicked it, and
then I saw this headline (for "
Blogger making 300 sandwiches for marriage proposal inks book deal" on Yahoo! Canada Shine on November 14, 2013). 30... 300... - what's the dif? Then,
also on November 14 there was this misspelling of
watch. Then,
on November 15 there was a letter missing from what should have been
the. Then,
on November 17 I wanted to know what it meant to be "killed in comba". Really I just wanted to know what
comba was. So I clicked the link and
in the article ("
Nichola Goddard honoured by first Canadian female astronaut" on Yahoo! Canada News on November 17, 2013) this was the first paragraph. Ohhh, killed in
combat - why didn't they just say that, instead of having yet another nonword on the homepage? Then,
on November 19 there was this weird mix of apostrophes and quotation marks. I clicked the link and
saw that the headline (of "
'God‘s gift to comedy,‘ quips late night host about Rob Ford" on Yahoo! Canada News on November 19, 2013) has the same oddities. Has, present tense, because it's still like that. Then,
in the same article there's a misspelling of Rob Ford's last name, there are upside down apostrophes and quotation marks, and there is a
he said that shouldn't be there. Hey, Yahoo! Canada and The Canadian Press - this is awful. Then,
on November 20 there was this misspelling of
cyberbullying. Then,
on November 25 there was a
be that should have been a
been. Then, I clicked to the article and
read this first sentence (of "
Pass or turd burger: Buffalo’s new third jerseys" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on November 24, 2013). Firstly,
Rom-Coms should be
rom-coms. Secondly, the second
gets should be like the first
gets and be apostrophe-free. Then,
also on November 25 there was this misspelling of
surprises. Surprise! It's another nonword on the Yahoo! Canada homepage! Then,
on November 26 Josh Hutcherson's last name was treated well the first two times, but not the third time. Then,
on November 27 there was this misspelling of Massachusetts. Finally,
also on November 27 there was this misspelling of
collapse. After all the nonwords that were on the Yahoo! Canada homepage during November 2013 and subsequently shared in this post, it's fitting to end this post with yet another one. Click an image to enlarge it.
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Did this professional writer have their article hacked? Because made it seemed is bush league. From "Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee saves Brad Richards from Twitter hack" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on July 15, 2011. Bonus: that's the article's first sentence, and one week later it's still craptastic. Click the image to enlarge it.
The word season should immediately follow regular, and payoffs should be playoffs. From "Carrie Underwood joins Vince Vaughn as Green Men celeb target" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on April 30, 2011. Then,
two sentences later, Glenn Healy's first name is short an N. Yahoo!, are you sure this guy is fit to write about hockey? Click an image to enlarge it.
The first to should be too. From "Mullet Man: Patrick Kane’s ‘party in the back’ is back for playoffs" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on April 11, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.