To follow up on a separate thread where the issue of spelling and grammar arose, I found this one hard to believe. However, I "googled" it and the story has appeared in numerous US and international media.
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I thought they had proof readers, should of been caught
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Stuff gets past proof readers as well.In The Bag
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FixedOriginally posted by nearace View PostI thought they had proof readers; should have been caught.
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Leave it to the Daily Mail to inform us, once again.
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It can be very important. Personally, I would avoid any restaurant which served pee soup and ham. Yummm
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Many of the legacy media outlets have outsourced their proofreading to other nations that have English as a common language. Unfortunately that may mean that they miss some colloquialisms and names of local celebrities.Comment
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Hamn.Originally posted by Fore Warned View PostIt can be very important. Personally, I would avoid any restaurant which served pee soup and ham. YummmComment
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that damn dam thread, has a lot of damn spelling errors!
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The new US and A minister of educamation Betsy DeVos can fix this problem by defunding public school system and build more for-profit private schools.Comment
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Oh she has her own problems . . . W.E.B. DeBois?????Originally posted by Bellyhungry View PostIf you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.Comment
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Some interesting points here on both sides of the question.
http://home.btconnect.com/keda/stareway/matter.htm"It is an unfortunate fact that, in our culture, literacy skills are often regarded as the benchmark for intelligence. However, we maintain that it is a serious mistake to equate poor spelling with a lack of 'intelligence' in this way."
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"Oxford Comma Dispute is Settles as Maine Drivers get $5 Million" (New York Times)
A long standing dispute by Main truck drivers, over what qualifies as overtime, is caused by the lack of a comma.
A State of Main statute lists duties that are exempt from overtime pay. However, in that list, the lack of a comma left uncertainty over whether the shipping and distribution of agricultural produce and other foods were exempt from overtime, or if it was just the packaging of those products which was exempt.
Turns out the lack of a comma in the sentence listing the exemptions caused only the packaging to be exempt from overtime, even if the intent was originally to also exempt shipping and distribution.
Truck drivers were never involved in packaging the food products, but of course did do the shipping and distribution - and it did involve overtime work.
An out of court settlement resulted in the Drivers getting $5 million in overtime back wages.
(I am sure someone here is going to point out some grammatical error I may have made in the above.)
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Obviously that, but the one that drives me crazy is this thread title:.... Former disgraced TDSB head Chris Spence now to loose PhD for plagiarismOriginally posted by Fore Warned View Post
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