Thursday, December 1, 2011

I see an error errors

The other does not belong. From "Vancouver hospital parking fees defended by administrators" on CBC News online on November 29, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

Two A or not two A?

Doug's last name first appears as Vaughan (in "NBC apologizes to Bachmann for Fallon show intro song" on Yahoo! Canada News on November 25, 2011) before

dropping an A three paragraphs later. Which one is the correct spelling? I have no idea. Click an image to enlarge it.

Wrong twice in two different ways

I would like to hear the writer's reason for including just one hyphen in 81-year-old before leaving both hyphens out of 75-year-old. From "Seniors' drug operation busted in Prince George" on CBC News online on November 25, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

Take more care, eh

This is the largest part of a full-page advertisement (for PlayNow.com of British Columbia Lottery Corporation) that was placed in front of the front page of 24 hours Vancouver on November 25, 2011. Someone gave away an A. Then,

a few pages into that day's paper (in "It's snow time for local ski mountains") it's should have been its. Click an image to enlarge it.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Condensed badness

This article ("The F stands for fighting" in Metronews Vancouver on November 21, 2011) starts out on the wrong foot with a homophonic error: they're should be their. Then, everyday should be separated into every day both times. Then, The Washington Post should either be written in italics or feature quotation marks. Finally, is the bandmate's name Sky Blu or Sky Blue? It can't be both.

Blue is my favorite colour

In Canada, centimetres is the correct spelling. In any country, always avoid using the -er and -re spellings in the same article (and especially just three words apart). From "Storm cancels BC Ferries main routes" on CBC News online on November 24, 2011.

Question time!

There are four words ending with -ing in the above sentence - can you determine which one should end instead with -ed? From "Parachuting hijacker's cash in B.C., sleuth says" on CBC News online on November 24, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

Peek into a dictionary

In this context, peak should be peek. From the subject line of an email from Total Rewards of Caesars Entertainment on November 23, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

An error

Most people - and all professional writers - would recognize that an necropsy should be a necropsy. From "Second giraffe dies at B.C. zoo" on CBC News online on November 20, 2011.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Your error is now here !!

While walking through Whistler Village on November 12, 2011, I saw this sign in the window of Whistler Bungee. Photos should not have an apostrophe. Click the image to enlarge it.

Resorts may be open but critical eyes aren't

The plural of the singular resort is not resort - it's resorts. That's from the second sentence in "West coast ski season opens early" on CBC News online on November 18, 2011. Then,

three paragraphs later there is a misspelling of centimetres. Click an image to enlarge it.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Hard to read

The company is BC Ferries. There are no initials, and it is plural. From "BC Ferry hits dock in Nanaimo" on CBC News online on November 18, 2011. Then,

this is a disastrous start to a sentence. Most is missing its S, and I see that the I and C in vehicles have swapped places. Click an image to enlarge it.

Factual extras

The first error in this article ("1st snow hits parts of Metro Vancouver" on CBC News on November 18, 2011) is that the 99 B-line buses are not trolleys. None of them ever have been. As an aside, when I captured these errors, the first word of the headline was First, not 1st. Making that change seems trivial - does anyone know if there's any important reason why that change would take place? It may seem like a trivial question, but I'm genuinely curious. Then,

there is one and too many here. Though I like the look of and and and when you include the end of island. It's like an echo. Island and and and and...

Several reasons

I think one of the reasons the student is there is to learn the difference between your and you're. I'm going to make an educated guess that the captions in the video are done by NBC Philadelphia, because there's no indication on the NBC Philadelphia article's page ("VIDEO: Teacher Unloads on Special Needs Student" on NBC Philadelphia on November 17, 2011) that the video was done by anybody else.