Climbing + combining

Wall Climbining? Really? And that large white space to the left of the main text - all the other ads have an image there. Where's yours? From a sponsored sidebar ad on Facebook on March 16, 2011.

Twins.. DNA.. Hmmm..

Twin brother Daniel is merely the leading scorer in the National Hockey League right now. So, you know, don't bother spelling his name correctly or anything. From Henrik Sedin's profile on Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Hockey on March 17, 2011.

I've got complaints

I find this article ("Fleshing out the ‘Caps controversy" on 24 hours Vancouver online on March 17, 2011) to be too sloppy and insulting. How does leaing to complaints its too racy not get noticed and corrected to leading to complaints it's too racy? The letter D and the apostrophe that I added make a world of difference. Where's the proofreading? Where's the editing? Click the image to enlarge it.

Because you're careless, 20-article suspension

The rest of the article is fine, but this one sentence is terrible. While it's mostly quoting a source, I believe strongly that all of the errors are the writer's alone, especially since the writer misspelled the source's name. It should be an accidental hit. It should either be could be avoided or could have been avoided. Back to that misspelled source - Melynk is actually Eugene Melnyk, owner of the Ottawa Senators. From "Melnyk: Ban headhunters for life" in 24 hours Vancouver on March 16, 2011.

Bust a moves

The headline would only be correct if Federer and Djokovic were playing as doubles partners. In that sense, their two names could be taken to represent a singular team, and consequently moves would be correct. However, the blurb makes it clear that they were playing individually in separate matches, therefore moves should be move. Capisce? From "Federer and Djokovic moves on" in 24 hours Vancouver on March 16, 2011. It's a ridiculous error made worse by its presence in a headline.

Damaging your reputation

Plead should be pleaded. Also, it should be on Vancouver's West Broadway. From "Suspect pleads guilty in Broadway explosion" on CBC News online on March 14, 2011.

Fluking into writing

The real story here is how a writer who can't spell A-listers correctly managed to get a job as a writer. From the MSN Canada homepage on March 11, 2011.

Accuracy? Nope.

Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks has a career-high 36 goals (and counting!) this season, which puts him in a tie for 3rd in the league, yet a daily newspaper in Vancouver can't get his name right. From "Canucks preview" in Metronews Vancouver on March 17, 2011.

Take two per cautions per day and call me in a week

How does one prevent ridiculous misspellings from appearing in their writing? By taking precautions such as proofreading. From "Beast of Bowen continues to stalk island pets" on CBC News online on March 15, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.

An apt punishment for the writer: see article.

Ugh. I don't understand how an article like this makes it to a news site for readers to read. The first three paragraphs of the article ("Woman stranded overnight on Whistler gondola" on MSN Canada News on March 10, 2011) are above, and we'll start the corrections by noting that the opening sentence should have a comma immediately after week. Next, the second sentence/paragraph should open with the word The preceding 25-year-old woman. Later in that same sentence, is a person really capable of downloading to a village? How does someone - how does anything - download to a village? Surely that should be descending. Then, in the second sentence of the second paragraph, normal should be normally. Finally, there is a missing word in the final sentence/paragraph; a should be between in and cabin. Click the image to enlarge it.

And the writer doesn't show off for the readers

From one paragraph to the next (in "Single-sex lunches benefit school children" on Yahoo! Canada News on March 10, 2011), Michael Archibeque lost his R to become Michael Achibeque. Click the image to enlarge it.

Still lacking class

An L is still missing from the classifieds section in 24 hours Vancouver; the image above is from March 9, 2011.

Have you heard of Justin Beiber?

I thought this was a misspelling of Justin Bieber - a pop star I have heard of - in the opening sentence of "Justin Bieber has a wardrobe malfunction on stage" on Yahoo! Canada News on March 13, 2011. But,

the only other time Justin's last name appears, it's Beiber again. So I guess the headline was wrong; Justin Beiber it is - and I have no idea who that is. Click an image to enlarge it.

Writing that mimics

It's on a news website, and it looks as though it's written by a journalist, but it's featuring extra words (it should be either DeVries said the boy's actions or DeVries said the actions of the boy, and not a mix of the two), and a missing word (of should be between some and those). From "B.C. teen arrested in sprinkler prank calls" on CBC News online on March 11, 2011. Click the image to enlarge it.