Oh boy. When 24 hours Vancouver had a makeover a few months ago, a regular error came to a sudden stop. I had thought all was well (at least where the paper's classifieds section is concerned), but on December 9, 2010, I discovered that it's not actually the classifieds section at all - it's the cassifieds section. "Most trusted"? Ha!
The peak-for-peek error displayed above was seen on the Yahoo! Canada homepage today. Usually when I spot an error on the homepage, it is correct in the actual article, but
that's not the case this time. Above is the first sentence in "Canada to preview Oprah Winfrey's OWN before debut" on Yahoo! Canada News on December 7, 2010. Click an image to enlarge it.
I've recently realized that the daily "Street talk" feature in 24 hours Vancouver apparently just showcases the Urban Dictionary "Word of the Day" from the previous day. I knew they were from Urban Dictionary, but I thought someone at 24 hours picked (a clean) one at random - I didn't know that Urban Dictionary actually featured one. Yesterday's "Dungeon Tan" in 24 hours Vancouver had a definition that was almost exactly the same as Urban Dictionary's. Today, though, the paper's definition seen above is decidedly different from the Urban Dictionary definition; disappear - misspelled or not - is not in the latter. Can't try to pass the blame buck this time, 24 hours.
I saw the above on a FAIL Blog post this morning. While the fail focused on crime scene investigators, the first thing I noticed was that grizzly should be grisly. My search for the actual article to screen capture the error in its native habitat came up empty, but
I found a different error in a slightly different paragraph (from in "Police chief investigates 'most grisly murder in 35 years' before discovering blood-spattered scene is a horror movie set" on Mail Online on December 2, 2010). Blyth wouldn't have actually said "his 35 years" because he was talking about himself, yet according to the article that's exactly what he said. Also, did he say "of law enforcement" or "in law enforcement"? Click an image to enlarge it.
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.
While there is a George Street in Vancouver, it's only one block long and - located near the intersection of Clark Drive and Venables Street - isn't exactly close to the Santa Claus Parade route. The parade was, however, on Georgia Street for about half the distance (and on Howe Street for the remaining distance). From "Santa puts on a show" in today's 24 hours Vancouver.
It's obvious to anyone who cares - so nobody at 24 hours Vancouver - that to should be too. From "Street talk" in today's paper. Here's the thing: the definition above is almost exactly the same as the definition on Urban Dictionary. Key word, almost. A change was made, but an error remains; the first word got capitalized, but the word to got left alone.
I often see the word of being written when it should be have, as in he should of known better, but I do believe this is the first time I have ever seen have written when it should be of. From "James resigns as B.C. NDP leader" on CBC News online on December 6, 2010. Click the image to enlarge it. The text of the above excerpt has been revised since I employed the screen capture, but the error remains.
The first sentence from the PSD on Facebook post on Photoshop Disasters is fine. Then along comes the second sentence that is held together with oodles of awfulness. Compare what's there with this: The PSDs that we upload to our page are unique and pretty entertaining; I encourage you to check out the site. The third sentence should be completely free of apostrophes; do not use an apostrophe to form a plural. Also, in the sidebar is this poll:
How often do you think you'll visit PSD after seeing all these writing errors? Click an image to enlarge it.
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.
There needs to an a second hyphen in a 34-year-old man above (from "Coquitlam bar brawl injures 3" on CBC News online on December 5, 2010) and the single letter word a in front of 35-year-old woman below.
At least both hyphens are present this time. Click an image to enlarge it.
What on Earth goes on at 24 hours Vancouver every day?! This is from "By the numbers" on December 2, 2010, and somehow astronermers (astronomers?) got typed out by a writer (human?), slipped through a spell check (happened?), and got by a proofreader (drunk?). It makes me laugh, but it also makes me angry.
Wow. Will and while aren't even close to the same spelling, and yet one is written as the other in this opening sentence to "Judge orders release of video of guard kicking homeless man in Ottawa police cells" on Yahoo! Canada News on December 2, 2010. What's also remarkable is that I spotted this error at 3:30 p.m. on December 1, 2010, and the article's publishing time stamp is 12:20 a.m. on December 2, 2010. There's a name attached to the article, but as of 2 p.m. December 4, 2010, the error remains.
Leslie Nielsen's last name gets preferential treatment right off the bat, but then quickly gets mangled twice. Also, the movie titles should be either italicized or in quotation marks. From "Twitter trends" in 24 hours Vancouver on November 30, 2010.
