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When right is wrong2 comments

Laura wrote 4 days ago: See that guy on the left in this picture from Yahoo! Shine? That’s Gordon Ramsay. See the phot … more →

Tags: Editing, factual error, Factual Errors, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, Proofreading, Shine, Yahoo, yahoo shine

Meg Whitman: Not the person you think she is2 comments

Laura wrote 1 week ago: If you’re looking for information about Silicon Valley companies, don’t bother reading a … more →

Tags: Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, yahoo finance, Editing, Proofreading, The Daily Ticker

What else is wrong?2 comments

Laura wrote 1 week ago: I knew something was wrong when I read this on Yahoo! News‘ “The Sideshow”: Having … more →

Tags: Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, Yahoo! News, Editing, Proofreading, The Sideshow, Eric Pfeiffer

A most unique error2 comments

Laura wrote 1 week ago: If something is unique, can it be more unique or even the most unique? Not according to most authori … more →

Tags: Wrong Words, Factual Errors, wrong word, factual error, Yahoo, Yahoo! front page, Unique, most unique, Editing

Not a Mensa member?

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: You don’t have to be brilliant to know that some writers for Yahoo! Shine aren’t exactly … more →

Tags: misspellings, capitalizing, <punctuation>, plurals, hyphens, Apostrophes, possessives, misspelling, capitalization

Revising history and calling it the news

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: In this revisionist article from Yahoo! News, the writer claims that Newt Gingrich won the Republica … more →

Tags: Missing words, missing word, Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, Yahoo! News, Editing, Proofreading, Phil Pruitt

Entire state to eliminate every sport ever invented?

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: There’ll be no more basketball, baseball, football, golf, swimming, or quidditch anywhere in t … more →

Tags: Missing words, missing word, Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, Yahoo sports, Editing, Proofreading, prep rally

This is the news

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: Here’s what is passing for the news on Yahoo! News‘ “The Lookout”: Someone n … more →

Tags: misspellings, Wrong Words, misspelling, Factual Errors, wrong word, factual error, misspelled celebrities, Yahoo, Yahoo! News

A sight for sore eyes3 comments

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: What’s the site of your image? The mirror over your bathroom sink? Wherever it is, the site of … more →

Tags: Confused Words, cite/sight/site, homophones, Commonly confused words, Factual Errors, Homophone, factual error, Site, sight

She looks so young!2 comments

Laura wrote 4 weeks ago: She looks so young to be a mother: Nina Sanchez, seen above on a teeny bike with a police officer, i … more →

Tags: Factual Errors, factual error, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine, Editing, Proofreading

Numbers make my head hurt

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Please don’t ask the editor for yahoo.com what the difference is between .0001% and just plain … more →

Tags: numbers, number, Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, Yahoo! front page, Editing, Proofreading

Not even tryin'

Laura wrote 1 month ago: A so-called senior editor for Yahoo! Shine isn’t even trying to get the names of two well-know … more →

Tags: misspellings, misspelling, Factual Errors, spelling, factual error, Will Ferrell, bad spelling, incorrect spelling, misspelled celebrities

Steve Urkel on the brain?

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Could it be that the brilliant, yet totally inaccurate, writer for Yahoo! Sports‘ “Prep … more →

Tags: Factual Errors, factual error, funny writing errors, funny writing mistakes, Yahoo, Yahoo sports, Editing, prep rally, Cameron Smith

Ungrammatical and inaccurate?

Laura wrote 1 month ago: What are the chances you’d find a grammatical and a factual error in an article on Yahoo! omg! … more →

Tags: pronouns, Pronoun, bad grammar, Yahoo, OMG, Yahoo! OMG, Grammar Errors, Grammar Mistakes, Grammar

How did you get that title?1 comment

Laura wrote 1 month ago: How does someone get the job title of senior editor for Yahoo! Shine? Do you need to know anything a … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, hyphens, commas, Apostrophes, misspelling, Factual Errors, spelling, factual error

Don't be fooled: That is not a man

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Don’t be fooled by the masculine-looking characters in this photo from the movie “The Ir … more →

Tags: Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, Yahoo! Movies, Editing, Proofreading

I'm just gonna say it. Again

Laura wrote 1 month ago: I just gonna spit it out: The writer for Yahoo! Sports‘ “Prep Rally” is an idiot. … more →

Tags: Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, Yahoo sports, Editing, Proofreading, prep rally, Cameron Smith

I'm just gonna say it

Laura wrote 1 month ago: I’m just gonna spit it out: The person who wrote this for Yahoo! Shine is an idiot: Why? Becau … more →

Tags: Factual Errors, factual error, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine, Editing, Proofreading

You're not too good with geography, are you?2 comments

Laura wrote 1 month ago: Struggling with geography (or maybe just spelling), the writer for Yahoo! omg! places a Lombardy mun … more →

Tags: misspellings, misspelling, Factual Errors, spelling, factual error, bad spelling, incorrect spelling, Yahoo, Yahoo! OMG


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