The importance of S

Getting run over by a porch, or a gang of porches, would be embarrassing. How slow would one's reaction time have to be to not be able to get out of the way of a porch? From "Embarrassment of riches (Kudos & Kvetches)" on The Vancouver Courier online on February 29, 2012.

Do who?

The word you is missing from this question from "Web poll nation" in The Vancouver Courier on December 2, 2011. Can you figure out where it should go?

It's not its

The its should be it's in this sentence from "Donated 'Books for Charity' sold for profit online" on The Vancouver Courier online on September 2, 2011.

The Vancouver Courierrors

More errors from The Vancouver Courier. First, from "Cops crackdown on fireworks crowd" on August 3, 2011, eights cans should be eight cans. Also from August 3, 2011,

the apostrophe in the developer's name is correct in the first sentence of this article ("Panel rejects old Pantages site plan"), but the second sentence starts with an apostrophe error. Then,

the second an should be a in "Folks step up to the mic and tell stories" on August 5, 2011. Then,

I spresent to you a misspelled representatives in an ad in "Featured employment" on August 12, 2011. Then,

the location was actually Spanish Banks West Extension. From "Sea of Sand serves up noir on the beach" on August 17, 2011. Then,

the first a was out of place in "Walkers agree with city efforts to green festivals" on August 17, 2011. Then,

there was a misspelling of visitors in the photo caption for "Community Calendar" on August 19, 2011. Finally,

in "Mac world problems put heat on company" on August 19, 2011, how can it be too big too fail then too big to feel? Not a good way to end an article. Click an image to enlarge it.

The Vancouver Courierrors

These errors were on the same page of The Vancouver Courier on July 15, 2011. First up - from "Picks of the week" - the screening was likely on July 15 because June 15 was not part of "the week" that the paper came out in. Then,

farther down the page in "The trouble with Harry (Kudos & Kvetches)", whose should be who's and there needs to be a question mark instead of a period at the end of that sentence. Click an image to enlarge it.

The Vancouver Courierrors

I have several errors - seven, if you want to be precise - to share with you from the pages of The Vancouver Courier. The first one (from "RAMP meeting (community briefs)" on June 22, 2011) is a homophonic one: peak should be peek. Then,

it's never too soon to proofread what you've written. From "Picks of the week" on June 24, 2011. Next,

the question mark should be after the closing quotation mark. From "Team Robertson maintains mind-boggling riot defence" on June 29, 2011. Then,

if Diallo Oballa is - as the article states - 11 years old, that means he was born in either 1999 or 2000. So how does the writer of this article ("Alomar dispenses wisdom to little leaguers" on June 29, 2011) figure that he was born nearly two decades after 1992 and 1993? He was born less than one decade after those seasons. Frickin' frack. Then,

in Canada, it's kilometres rather than kilometers. But no matter where you are in the world, you don't use both spellings, and you especially don't use both spellings in the same bloody sentence. From "Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes on Ride to Conquer Cancer" on July 1, 2011. Then,

and should be an in "Last week's poll question" on July 6, 2011. Finally,

were should not have an apostrophe. Those live sites we are a huge mistake makes no sense. From "Hidden camera captures riot talk in mayor's office" on July 6, 2011. Click an image to enlarge it.

Take a peek at this

Here's a homophonic error at the end of "Videomatica employees set to shoot web series about last days of video" on The Vancouver Courier online on June 10, 2011.

One to too many

One extra word was added to this sentence; the to between each and day needs to be removed. From "Class Notes: Extra, extra" on The Vancouver Courier online on April 12, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

Should the question have been proofread?

There are problems in "Web poll nation" in The Vancouver Courier on March 30, 2011. Firstly, provincial is missing its O. Secondly, continued should be continue. But at least the sum of the percentages is 100.

More than one error here

I don't know if it's supposed to be 19,500 or 195,000, but I know that 195,00 is ridiculous. I also know that the word immediately preceding the number should be than. From "Tax fine rankles ‘old-fashioned’ Vancouver residents" on The Vancouver Courier online on March 24, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

It's not smart to write than instead of then, especially in an article's first sentence

When will you learn to proofread? Usually it's then when than is needed, but here we have the reverse. From "Lessons learned while cycling" on The Vancouver Courier online on March 21, 2011.

A is one and cyclists is plural

The word cyclists should be shortened to cyclist in "Motorists mostly respectful of bikes" on The Vancouver Courier online on February 25, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

It doesn't add up

Unlike this post from July 2009, the question is yes/no, which makes the yes/no answer correct. However, like that earlier post, there is 10 per cent missing. From "Web poll nation" in The Vancouver Courier on February 11, 2011.

Departure of knowledge

Surely a professional writer knows that if a name ends in S then a possessive apostrophe does not go before said S. Does that mean that this writer (of "Manager's exit raises concerns" on The Vancouver Courier online on February, 2, 2011) is an amateur? Click the image to enlarge it.

Who's the fool now?

Every other mention in the article is as April Fool's, but here it's apostrophe-free. Plus, the period at the end of the final sentence should be inside the closing parenthesis, because the entire sentence is contained within the parentheses. From "Central Park: Got your goat" on The Vancouver Courier online on February, 2, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

Add (a D) and you shall receive (a post on this blog)

Add should be ad and recieve should be receive in this Salt & Pepper Grill advertisement in The Vancouver Courier on December 3, 2010. While we're here, it'd be better if the were this.

Doling out more errors

See that word dolling up there? Yeah, it's not a word. A quick spell check would have caught that. The word the writer (of "Mayor Robertson an acolyte of global green plutocrats" in The Vancouver Courier on December 1, 2010) wanted was doling. Then,

see that period at the very end of the above excerpt? It's supposed to go before the closing parenthesis, because the entire sentence - in fact, the entire paragraph - is contained within the parentheses.

King Kong

Hong Kong looks a little different here, but why? New haircut? Lost weight? Negligent proofreading? From "A giving life (Central Park)" in The Vancouver Courier on November 26, 2010.

The Italian city

The author of this article ("Dog day afternoon comes to the library" in The Vancouver Courier on November 12, 2010) doggedly pursued Cesar Millan (two Ls) for an interview prior to recent local appearances, to the point of frustration. Maybe this is her way of getting back at him.

5+7=11(?)

If December 5th of this year is a Sunday (which it is), then how can December 11th also be a Sunday? Oh, that's right - it's not. From a Vancouver Welsh Men's Choir advertisement in The Vancouver Courier on November 12, 2010.