Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Criminal Sentence 490: Under a Proofreader's Care


During the Christmas holiday, I spent way too much time (thanks, kids) at the Natural History Museum's live bug area. I got to see two tarantula feedings. Anyway, to distract myself from seeing my daughter sidling up to a live bug, I looked for typos. Voila.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2011 at 2:08 AM

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  2. The Sentence SleuthJanuary 6, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    Do you mean apostrophes? Whatever misused punctuation marks I see, I, too, want to rub them out!

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  3. WestleyJanuary 6, 2011 at 11:40 PM

    Be careful, Megan. You don't want to get in trouble for 'fixing' public signs. You might end up like the guys who wrote a book about their experiences doing just that. You can read about it on NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93937993&ps=rs

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