Oh no, where'd the O go?

Is it the mystery of the missing O in common? From the Sympatico homepage on September 4, 2012.

At the time of it's release

-- "Music's Most Controversial Album Covers" on Sympatico Music on December 1, 2009

Please release the apostrophe from its.

Golf's huge affect on the Canadian economy

-- Sympatico / MSN homepage on August 24, 2009

The word the writers wants is effect, not affect.

Tom Cruise got distracted by a hoard of autograph-collecting fans; Is this source Eeore?

-- "Katie Loses It On Tom, Standing Ovations Pending" on Sympatico / MSN CelebEdge on August 22, 2009

Is this writer for real? A true writer would know that hoard should be horde (spell check won't help you there), and would look up the correct spelling of Eeyore's name. My wife may write the writer a letter regarding the latter.

Amber Dowlilng

-- "CW ads raise eyebrows" on Sympatico / MSN TV Guide on August 21, 2009

The name attached to this article raised my eyebrows. Some quick clicks to related pages confirmed that the second L should be removed.

Home-renonvation business

-- "Home-renonvation business down after B.C. cancellation" on Sympatico / MSN News on August 18, 2009

One too many Ns in renovation.

lighting-struck son

The title of this video - seen today on Sympatico/MSN News - had me thinking that someone had been the victim of a falling chandelier or some similar unfortunate circumstance. But no, as you can see from the paused-video image, someone was struck by lightning, not lighting. It was a 5-year-old boy and I hope he fully recovers.

Tiger woods

-- Sympatico / MSN homepage on August 8, 2009

Would ya be a pal and capitalize Tiger's last name, please?

do's and don'ts; cocunut water; Dos and Don't; Vegas message parlors

-- Sympatico / MSN homepage on July 31, 2009

-- "Dos and Don't of a Vegas Baseball Trip (The Wind Up)" on Sympatico / MSN Sports on July 31, 2009

I wonder if cocunut water is tastier than coconut water. Anyway, the grammatically incorrect do's and don'ts on the homepage turns into the grammatically correct but situationally incorrect Dos and Don't in the article's headline. Dos and Don't would be correct if there were more than one Do and only one Don't, but there are several of both in the article. If you had a sore back, would you go to a message parlor or a massage parlor?

Elle McPherson

-- Sympatico / MSN homepage on July 29, 2009

While Sympatico / MSN isn't worried about correctly spelling celebrities' names, the rest of the world knows her as Elle Macpherson.

Smoke is seen rising on Saturday from from a forest fire

-- "Raging B.C. wildfire forces thousands to flee" on Sympatico / MSN News on July 18, 2009

Can anyone anyone spot the error? Bueller? Bueller?

Yashpal Mehay, 40, has been seen or heard from since July 14; Mehay has no history alcohol or drug abuse

-- "Police seek missing Surrey man" on Sympatico / MSN News on July 18, 2009

As you can see, the article says Mehay "was last seen on July 14," but the photo caption contradicts that statement by awkwardly stating that Mehay "has been seen or heard from since July 14." I'd say that the word not should be between has and been. I'd also say that the final sentence in the image should read in part, Mehay has no history of alcohol or drug abuse.

Pedestians and cyclists

-- "Burrard Bridge traffic woes expected till Monday" on Sympatico / MSN News on July 11, 2009

For the article, MSN News used the same photo and photo caption that were featured in a June 23 Detected Errors post. One word was changed, but it wasn't the incorrect pedestians.

"K.C. was stolen from the Party Patrol vehicle we use to transport him to parades and other community events,? said Ballance.

-- "Vancouver 'bear' returned to PNE" on Sympatico / MSN News on June 30, 2009

Can you spot the error"

Pedestians and cyclists

-- "Vancouver rolls out Burrard Bridge bike lanes plan" on Sympatico / MSN News on June 23, 2009

The Burrard Bridge sidewalks must be more crowded than I thought. I've crossed the bridge by foot, car and bike several dozens of times in my life, and I've only ever seen pedestrians and cyclists on the bridge's sidewalks. I've never seen any pedestians on the sidewalk. In fact, I don't even know what pedestians are. If they take up at least as much room as pedestrians then that makes the case for lane reallocation even stronger.

wasn't set in concrete (which is how genuine Ottawa stop signs are erected.)

-- "Mystery sign maker literally stops traffic" on Sympatico / MSN Autos on June 5, 2009

The period should be placed after - not before - the closing parenthesis.

interal cabinet squabbling

-- "Isotope issue 'sexy,' Raitt heard to say on tape" on Sympatico / MSN News on June 8, 2009

The word interal is obviously a misspelling, but why is cabinet squabbling considered to be integral?

Its just a little slump; Cesar's Palace

-- "Its just a little slump (The Wind Up)" on Sympatico / MSN Sports on May 28, 2009

It's just a minor apostrophe issue (in the article's headline!). I've seen the Las Vegas hotel Caesars Palace written incorrectly as Caesar's Palace plenty of times, but this is the first time I've seen it written as Cesar's Palace - and there's a headline that could use that erroneous apostrophe.

Shia LeBouef; Sasha Baron Cohen; Chris Isaack; Forrest Whitaker; Ana Faris

--"Best and Worst Moments of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards" on Sympatico / MSN Entertainment on June 1, 2009

This writer is a one-person wrecking crew in the field of names. It appears the writer is confident they've got Shia's last name correct, evidenced by the exact same spelling on two different photos. Compare and contrast LeBouef and LaBeouf. Does male actor Sacha Baron Cohen look like female skater Sasha Cohen? Their names are similar, but I don't think they look alike. Then, back-to-back, we have Chris Isaak and Forest Whitaker receiving the careless-spelling treatment. Lastly (thankfully), the writer gets an F for leaving an N out of Anna's name.

Katy Parry

-- Sympatico / MSN homepage on May 31, 2009

Her name is Katy Perry. Glowing monkeys?!