I understand - via the writer's use of parentheses - that Nashville coach said Smithson and Weber and not both players' full names, but did he then say Ryan Suter's first name or last name or neither? From "Canucks advance to West final" on CBC Sports online on May 9, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.
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.
The word to should be between according and the on the CBC British Columbia homepage on May 11, 2011. Then,
in the article itself ("Orcas make rare visit to Vancouver harbour" on CBC News online on May 11, 2011), the first their should be there. Click an image to enlarge it.
On the cover of 24 hours Vancouver on May 9, 2011, there needs to be another question mark after the closing quotation mark. It may look funny, but there's a question within a question, so two question marks are needed. Then,
in "Apologizing for LiLo comment" in the same paper, there needs to be an apostrophe in Lohan's troubles, but that's the least of the troubles here. That whole sentence is actually a non-sentence. Click an image to enlarge it.
Somehow an S and a U took the place of a T and an H, respectively, and a woman who was missing for seven weeks (and spent most of that time alone in a van on a remote logging road) was thriving on just water. Colour me impressed! From "Missing Penticton woman found in Nevada" on CBC News online on May 6, 2011.
The first error in this article ("Canucks have Predators on the ropes" on CBC Sports online on May 5, 2011) is fairly tame - an should be a - when you compare it to
the errors found in this awful 11-word sentence. Elder? No. His name is Edler. And defencemen should be defenceman. Click an image to enlarge it.
The city is not Coqutilam; the city is Coquitlam. From "6 in custody following armed jewelry heist" on CBC News online on May 5, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.
The writer of the photo caption that is at the top of "Complaint filed with NHL over Green Men's antics" on CBC Sports online on May 1, 2011, apparently couldn't see the correct spelling of Johnson that is right there in front of him. Then,
in the article itself, rallyed is not a word - it should be rallied. And the second sentence would be better with no commas. Also,
in another CBC article ("Lightning take advantage of mistake" on CBC Sports online on May 2, 2011), there's another misspelled last name in the top-of-the-article photo caption. Vincent's last name - which is correctly spelled in the article's first sentence - is Lecavalier. Click an image to enlarge it.
Or national proofreading experts. From the CBC British Columbia homepage on May 2, 2011. The article that the homepage links to includes the text, "internationally recognized forensic experts", and that would be one possible fix on the homepage. Another possible fix is to change internationally to international (which is how the article's first sentence was fixed).
That colon is supposed to go after the closing quotation mark. From the CBC British Columbia homepage on April 30, 2011.
The word season should immediately follow regular, and payoffs should be playoffs. From "Carrie Underwood joins Vince Vaughn as Green Men celeb target" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on April 30, 2011. Then,
two sentences later, Glenn Healy's first name is short an N. Yahoo!, are you sure this guy is fit to write about hockey? Click an image to enlarge it.
It should be either and a mysterious package or and one mysterious package, but it shouldn't be and a one mysterious package. From the CBC British Columbia homepage on April 29, 2011.
My best guess is that serves is supposed to be series. From "Car dealer ordered to remove Canucks signage" on CBC News online on April 29, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.
In three consecutive sentences/paragraphs (in "Think tank slams B.C. minimum wage hike" on CBC News online on April 29, 2011), an error is found in each one. In the first sentence, why did the writer get tripped up with the third it's after getting the first two right? In the second, why is the word from between government and confirmed. In the third, schedule should be scheduled. As a side note, does CBC think that its readers can't handle paragraphs that are longer than one sentence? Click the image to enlarge it.
