Get jobs as proofreaders and/or editors at 24 hours Vancouver? One question: do you know how to spell supposed to? If yes, you're hired! From "Craigslist succumbs to pressure, drops sex ads" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 20, 2010.
At the start of the second paragraph (of "City casts net for gangsters" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 17, 2010), Warren's last name is Lemke. Later in the article,
Warren's last name is Lemcke. The correct spelling is Lemcke.
I was all excited to read about a car that was able to steal something. Not just anything mind you, but something as outrageous as a foot. Unfortunately, the space between a and foot in the article's headline should not have existed and I suffered a serious letdown. From "Car thieves a foot" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 17, 2010.
It's okay, 24 hours Vancouver, this error is only on the front page of your December 21, 2010, edition - I'm sure there are worse places to publish a nonword. Actually, on second thought, there isn't.
Theses - plural form of thesis. Thesis (noun) - stated or put forward for consideration, esp. one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war. (source: Dictionary.com)
An L is still missing from the classifieds section in 24 hours Vancouver; the above image is from December 13, 2010. When it comes to text that is part of the newspaper's template and will be included almost every day, shouldn't someone have run it through a spell check?! How long until it's corrected? C'mon, make your guess! I'll start by saying not until April at the earliest - though if history is any indication, the error will reoccur until the paper's next makeover.
I refuse to believe that Henrik Sedin said what 24 hours Vancouver claims he said. I believe that the extra word is all the reporter's doing. From "Jackets no longer pushovers" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 15, 2010.
The folks at 24 hours Vancouver have yet to realize that team is singular, and therefore bring should be brings. From "Hot holiday handbags"on December 15, 2010.
A 28-year-old victim requires hyphens, but a victim who is 28 years old does not. A professional writer should know that. From "Closure for child predator case" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 14, 2010. Also, in the article's photo caption,
face should be faces.
That apostrophe should not be in its in "Drive-in volcano more entertaining than a movie" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 14, 2010.
An L is still missing from the classifieds section in 24 hours Vancouver; the above image is from December 10, 2010.
From "Man 'flat as a pancake' survives landslide" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 13, 2010.
When a sentence is contained entirely within parentheses, then the end punctuation goes before - as opposed to after - the closing parenthesis. See above for how not to do it. From "Depp explores 'normalcy' in new flick" in 24 hours Vancouver on December 9, 2010.
