24 hours Vancouverrors - September 2012

I detected a few errors in the pages of daily newspaper 24 hours Vancouver during September 2012. First, on September 5, there was a missing hyphen in what should have been son's abduction. Would you believe that was the article's headline? Whether you would or wouldn't, it was. Then,

on September 13 there was a misspelled name in "Surrey breaks ground on new pools". The Surrey mayor is Dianne Watts.Then,

on September 18 there was another headline gaffe. Player express does not agree. It's gotta be either players express or player expresses. In this case, the article's content showed that players express would have been the correct one. Then,

also on September 18, an leopard-print should have been a leopard-print. From "‘Inappropriate’ new line brings trouble for Hurley". Last but not least,

on September 21 there was a misspelling of The Big Lebowski in the photo caption of "Film fanatics go retro". Click an image to enlarge it.

MSN Canada homepagerrors - July 2012

Here are a couple of errors I detected on the MSN Canada homepage during July 2012. First, on July 18, embarrassing needed a second R in order to qualify as an actual word. Then,

on July 18, the book - and future movie - title should have been written as Fifty Shades of Grey, because that's the official title. I like how the American gray is used in the book title (and book titles do not change based on a region's spelling differences), yet the British rumours is used immediately after. Then,

I clicked to the article - "Ian Somerhalder shoots down 50 Shades Of Gray rumors" on MSN Canada Entertainment on July 18, 2012. The headline is the same, except for the now-American rumors. Gray is still wrong. The image above includes the entire article. In the first paragraph, the pair? What pair? Are Ian and Somerhalder two different people, meaning the headline should have an and between the two, and shoots should be shoot? What is "the hit supernatural drama" that the writer is talking about? The businessman is not Christian Gray. The book, again, is Fifty Shades of Grey, and the guy is Christian Grey. In the third paragraph, there should be quotation marks or italics for the shows Extra and Vampire Diaries - hey, Vampire Diaries! That's "the hit supernatural drama"! I've heard so much about you! And Fifty Shades of Grey should also have quotation marks or italics, and it should still - and always for that title - be Grey. Click an image to enlarge it.

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A few errors to share from 24 hours Vancouver earlier this month. On the newspaper's front page on December 9, someone got creative with (and I would hope disciplined for) the spelling of becoming. Then,

in "Timbits more famous than Canucks: Poll" in the same day's paper, there should not have been a hyphen in physcially challenging, and the show is Survivor. Then,

I saw this bit on SNL and can tell you with absolute certainty that Alec Baldwin's character said, "Alec Baldwin is an American treasure". From "Baldwin jokes about flight on SNL" online on December 11. Then,

was anyone at 24 hours Vancouver embarrassed at the nonword that appeared in this headline on December 14? Then,

women should have been woman in "VPD searches for links to mom slaying" on December 16. Finally,

confidant should have been confident in "A bizarre tradition is better than no tradition" on December 22. Click an image to enlarge it.

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Rapid action! Rapid action! Breath should be breathe! From "Tubers rescued after falling in B.C. river" on 24 hours Vancouver online on May 17, 2011! Next!

In the penultimate sentence, I believe the word film should be between The and screens! From "Shadbolt Centre's film series finale" in 24 hours Vancouver on May 12, 2011! Next!

It should be role as a cat is a big step forward! From "Hayek and Banderas kick off Cannes" in 24 hours Vancouver on May 12, 2011! Next!

The word said should be either before or after Wilson! And I believe that Wilson was misquoted and that the last sentence should read That wasn't the case! From "Happy over homesick role" in 24 hours Vancouver on May 12, 2011! Next!

Diagnoses is plural - the writer wanted the singular diagnosis! From "Earth is crowded" in 24 hours Vancouver on May 12, 2011! Later in the same article,

questioning it's existence should be questioning its existence! No apostrophe! Next!

Nice try, Guts McTavish, but it's Kesler, not Kelser. From "5 on 5" in 24 hours Vancouver on May 12, 2011! Phew! We're done! Click an image to enlarge it.

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The April 14, 2011, edition of 24 hours Vancouver features many errors. First up, from "Schoenborn decision to be reviewed", the article's subject gets misspelled. Then,

here is the photo caption from "PM lampoon crashes website". There's nothing wrong,

until you read the article and see that Cam Dales might actually be Cam Coles,

and Sean Devli might actually be Sean Devlin. Two creators of the website and two misspelled names. Also, the popular video-sharing website is YouTube, not YoutTube, and there should be a period right after video. Next up,

an incorrect movie title. The writer of "Rob and Reese help hurting Japan" should have written Water for Elephants. (Note the lowercase for and the plural Elephants.) Then,

their should be they're in the opening sentence of "Sweet-toothed resurrection". Then,

"Kobe fined for anti-gay slur" contains a nonsensical sentence. I think the word are should immediately precede offensive. Finally,

an L is still missing from the classifieds section. Click an image to enlarge it.

Is there pressure to spell horde correctly? Jesus H. Christ!

Do you know who Julia Robert is? I don't, but she sure looks a lot like Julia Roberts. From "Roberts production in spotlight at this year's Tribeca film festival" in 24 hours Vancouver on March 8, 2011. Also from today's 24 hours Vancouver,

woman should be women. It's a little confusing, since it does say one woman, but the one is actually referring to one pressure that women have dealt with for centuries. And finally, from the sports section of today's 24 hours Vancouver,

the writer's attempt at writing horde didn't pan out well, because the incorrect hoard ended up there instead.

Up is down, hot is cold

The text is below the picture of Peter Jackson, which means Peter Jackson is above and not below. From "Hobbit film back on track" in 24 hours Vancouver on February 9, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

Errors found daily

Misspelling Keira Knightley's last name once - in a headline, even - could be classified as a typo. But twice? I'd say that's pure ineptitude. From "Knightly at her peak" in 24 hours Vancouver on February 2, 2011.

quick to shoot down it down

The spokeswoman should shoot down the first down. From "Johansson single" in 24 hours Vancouver on January 27, 2011.

Writing on trial

The case of this article ("Amanda Knox murder movie producers on the defensive" in 24 hours Vancouver on January 12, 2011) has been brought before me. First, the writer is charged with gross negligence in the absence of hyphens from 21-year-old's. Next,

there is disorder in the court as I can't make sense of is adamant the picture won't have impact the ongoing legal proceedings. I think the writer should have jettisoned have. Finally,

here is the article's photo caption, and, as the first image above shows, there is no The in the movie's title. Addendum: 24 hours Vancouver should really do something about movie titles never being italicized in photo captions.

A writer without a heart

Whoever was in charge of the headline for "Kidman, Eckheart had rough time filming Rabbit" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 22, 2010, must've been in a serious rush, because a quick glance at the article's very first sentence - heck, the first two words - would've been enough to see how to spell Aaron Eckhart's last name.