It's obvious to most - just not the writers and editors at CBC, I suppose - that say should be said. From "2 cent gas tax to pay for Evergreen Line" on CBC News online on July 6, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.
I created a new Hotmail email address on June 30, and on July 6 I received an email from Windows Live Team. Have you created a new email address with Hotmail recently? If so, did you get the same email with the same lets/let's error in the subject line?
On ESPN's Streak for the Cash on July 6, 2011, the prop above doubled up on the word win. The first one should be will. But,
someone must have been made aware of the error because the "fix" was made. As you can see, will is now in there. However, instead of switching the first win to will, the word will was inserted before the first win. That is quality. Click an image to enlarge it.
In the photo caption at the top of the article ("Body found near Coquitlam school" on CBC News online on July 6, 2011), the first of should be off and the single-letter word a should be inserted between after and body. But at least Ranch Park Way is spelled correctly,
because that street name got mistreated in the second paragraph. Click an image to enlarge it.
This is the start of "Missed it by that much: Marathoner loses $27K by one second" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on July 4, 2011. Some have written in the article's comments that the guy earned the bonus because he did finish in 2:10. It doesn't state under 2:10, it states 2:10 and under - unless that's only the way the article's sentence is written, and the actual conditions of the bonus are more clear, which is entirely likely. But that's not why I'm here. I'm here because the bonus is clearly written as being $27,000. If Kamakaya had earned the bonus ("but he did!"), he would have made a total of $37,000, thereby more than tripling his payday and, in fact, nearly quadrupling it.
Here is a collection of errors I detected on the Yahoo! Canada homepage during the month of June 2011. On June 1, there was a dodgy misspelling of Roger Federer's first name. Then,
also on June 1, deadly is missing an L. June 2 featured three errors. First,
a missing G in mortgages. Second,
a missing F in off (the first of). And third,
a missing N in Billy Bob Thornton's last name. On June 3,
someone goofed on Shia LaBeouf's last name. A few days later,
on June 6, BlackBerry is missing its camel-case capital letter. Then,
on June 7, Yahoo! doesn't elaborate on what a stirke is. A strike that irks, perhaps? Then,
June 10 had a couple of errors. First is the misspelling of Nicolas Cage's first name, and
second is this embarrassing gaffe by a Yahoo! writer. (Actually, considering the quantity of errors found, do you think Yahoo! writers ever feel any embarrassment?) It should either be Soccer goalie's embarrassing gaffe or Soccer goalie makes embarrassing gaffe. Then,
from June 12, LeBron's camel-case name needs that B to be capitalized. The next day,
three-month-old is missing the second hyphen. Then,
on June 18, is a blackout a dish best served dark? Maybe, but surving here is meant to be surviving. Then,
June 26 saw three errors. First, Caroline Wozniacki's last name is missing the C. Second,
Chihuahua is missing the second U. Third,
solider should be soldier. Finally,
in a repeat of the error on June 3, Shia LaBeouf's last name got misspelled on June 29. This time it's wrong twice. Click an image to enlarge it.
I've posted many Yahoo! errors, but never anything from Yahoo! Canada's Twitter account, mainly because I didn't know/care about Yahoo!'s Twitter account. Based on what I saw recently when browsing Yahoo!'s tweets, I will not be checking in on Yahoo!'s Twitter again, as I would quickly become overwhelmed. I'm on the verge of overwhelmed as it is. Even the introductory header is slightly off. Why no exclamation mark in Yahoo!? And why have a location of Toronto, Ontario? On to the tweets themselves. First,
anoter should be another, and second,
out due should be outdo. Click an image to enlarge it.
The image above is from the back of the book, The Philosopher and the Wolf (ISBN: 978-1-84708-102-5). The book's author is Mark Rowlands. I repeat, Mark Rowlands. The quote by Mark Vernon would be correct if the author's name were Mark Rowland.
This misspelling of bureaucrats is found in the second sentence of "Fake photo fallout: Chinese officials embrace social media to explain mixup" on Yahoo! Canada News on June 30, 2011. According to the sidebar, the article was written by the Senior Foreign Affairs Reporter and there was also an editor involved. Huh.
Mudlside should be mudslide in the caption for the photo at the top of "Slide closes Trans-Canada Highway in B.C." on CBC News online on June 29, 2011.
This is an interesting one. Not because Lindsey Houghton's first name is misspelled - again - but because in the subsequent sentence the writer quotes "Constable Houghton" before quoting "Constable Lindsey Houghton" another two sentences later (in the article's final sentence). The rule of writing is to introduce with the full name, then identify by just the last name thereafter. I don't think I've ever seen that happen only to then return to the full name - on the bright side, it meant Houghton's first name got spelled correctly once. From "Pedestrian struck in East Vancouver" on CBC News online on June 29, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.
CBC: Careless Broadcasting Corporation. The first error I detected in this article ("Furlong to co-chair Vancouver riot review" on CBC News online on June 28, 2011) is what should be the three-hour rampage. It's good to see that the then/than error from the last post is correct here, but the second error is the missing word than from between more and 150,000. Then,
the third error is the misspelled cited, and the fourth error is the repeated on. Click an image to enlarge it.
It's clear to a lot of people, but apparently not the professional writers and editors at CBC, that then should be than in this sentence from "Vancouver riot review headed by Nova Scotian" on CBC News online on June 27, 2011.
This was in the top post of the News section on Rihanna's homepage on June 27, 2011. Peak should be peek. Click the image to enlarge it.
