Really? "How to Succeed to Business Without Really Trying"? It doesn't take much awareness to notice that the second to should be in. From "Emma Watson feels for royal bride-to-be Middleton, knows something about the world's spotlight" on Yahoo! Canada News on April 12, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.
These are not word jumbles; these are initialisms. From "Word Jumble FAIL" on Fail Blog April 12, 2011.
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.
You can have your although, or you can have your but, but you can't have both. From "Reese Witherspoon says she misses her privacy" on Yahoo! Canada News on April 11, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.
Could you try any less, CBC? I mean, really - tsumani? That's ridiculous. From the CBC British Columbia homepage on April 8, 2011.
Can someone at CBC please explain how the repeated and didn't get spotted and corrected. From "Vancouver's $1,200 protest fee undemocratic: critics" on CBC News online on April 7, 2011. Later in the article,
there's an example of lazy fact checking, as the councillor's name is actually Suzanne Anton. The article's apparently been updated at least once since it was published, but both these errors remain. Click an image to enlarge it.
Okay, but does how you look have any bearing on how you do your job? From "6 actions that will devastate your career" on Yahoo! Canada Finance on April 7, 2011.
The word fun doesn't start with a vowel or a vowel sound. Perhaps it was originally an exciting night but exciting got changed to fun and no one noticed the resulting error. This is from a Chapters Metrotown flyer in April 2011.
This is from the top of an in-store advertisement. Firstly, the author's name is Annabel Lyon. Secondly, the city's name is Coquitlam.
When I find errors in articles about finding jobs, I wonder how the writer has kept their job. You should be your in "6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Accepting a Job" on Yahoo! Canada Finance on April 4, 2011.
Umm, no. She was actually a transit passenger. From "Woman kicked off SkyTrain for lapel pin" on CBC News online on April 6, 2011. (Appears at the 24-second mark of the top-of-the-article video.)
Her name is Christy Clark. From the CBC British Columbia homepage on April 5, 2011. Then,
it's the same misspelling in the opening paragraph of the actual article ("B.C. sled dog task force report expected" on CBC News online on April 5, 2011). Later in the article,
an L got dropped from killing. Click an image to enlarge it.
The customer's name is Susie Williams. If her name were Susie William, then the apostrophe placement above would be correct. But it's not, so it's not. From "Sears customers raise alarms over erratic stoves" on CBC News online on April 5, 2011.
The name of Vancouver's mayor is Gregor Robertson. From "City's food carts double" in 24 hours Vancouver on April 5, 2011. A page-three article that was proofread by no one. Nice.
