It's hard, though, Steph! I read a piece in Business Insider yesterday where the author used "it's" wrong, and I was so disappointed. I always think that on certain websites, standards will be upheld, and not so much it turns out.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jan 28, 2014 9:43:07 am PST #18391 of 30000
Because books.
Jesse - Jan 28, 2014 9:44:51 am PST #18392 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My mother was at a funeral recently at the kind of church that projects the hymn lyrics, and apparently they used the wrong your/you're in the chorus of one of them, so it kept coming back. This was not the only thing she told me about the funeral, but it certainly was one of them.
Connie Neil - Jan 28, 2014 9:45:01 am PST #18393 of 30000
brillig
Typos on the New Yorker pages freak me out.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 28, 2014 9:55:30 am PST #18394 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The ones that weird me out are the sort of "unclear on the concept" things. The one I have been seeing recently is "ascetic" instead of "aesthetic"-- so 'The ascetic of the artwork is a post-modern punk' or whatever.
SuziQ - Jan 28, 2014 9:55:52 am PST #18395 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
A new massage place opened next to the dojo and I had popped in to say hello during their first day. They gave me their pricing information and I ended up pointing out a typo. Thankfully they were mortified but glad to know before too many got handed out.
Amy - Jan 28, 2014 9:58:35 am PST #18396 of 30000
Because books.
The most golden rule of all: You can *never* have too many proofreaders.
Steph L. - Jan 28, 2014 10:01:05 am PST #18397 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The ones that weird me out are the sort of "unclear on the concept" things. The one I have been seeing recently is "ascetic" instead of "aesthetic"
Misusing "awe" instead of "aw" drives me batshit crazy. WORDS MEAN THINGS.
Jesse - Jan 28, 2014 10:06:13 am PST #18398 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"AWE" MAKES ME SO CRAZY!
Connie Neil - Jan 28, 2014 10:06:41 am PST #18399 of 30000
brillig
"wondering" instead of "wandering"! Why?
Calli - Jan 28, 2014 10:12:47 am PST #18400 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I passed by a church billboard once that promoted the glories of "Jesus Crist".