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Should the government to ban errors?

Laura wrote 1 week ago: I’d be satisfied if Yahoo! Shine would ban errors on the site: … more →

Tags: Extra word, unnecessary word, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine

Simplifying Your Writing, Episode 1: Because

Andy McPhee wrote 1 week ago: The reason for this post, that is, insofar as this post is concerned, due to the fact that this post … more →

Tags: Editing, writing, because, E. B. White, Insofar, simple writing, Simplifying

Johnny Depp inspires the the

Laura wrote 1 week ago: Maybe it was all those repeated letters in Johnny Depp’s name that inspired the Yahoo! omg! wr … more →

Tags: Department of Redundancy Dept., redundancy, Extra word, unnecessary word, Yahoo, OMG, Yahoo! OMG, repeated word

And then I wrote... zzzzzzzz

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Was the writer just a tad bored when she wrote this article on Yahoo! Shine? That might explain the … more →

Tags: Missing words, Subject-Verb Agreement, Verbs, missing word, Extra word, unnecessary word, Verb, bad grammar, funny writing errors

Why you should you consider proofreading

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: You might avoid the mistake that’s on Yahoo! Shine: … more →

Tags: redundancy, unnecessary word, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine, repeated word

Get ahold of a dictionary

Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Well, I knew the writer didn’t get ahold of a dictionary when I read this on Yahoo! Shine: And … more →

Tags: misspellings, Titles, <punctuation>, plurals, Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, possessives, misspelling, plural

Did you mean holiday gifts, holidays, or gifts?2 comments

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: Can you decipher this from Yahoo! Shine? There’s an error in there, but what is it? Did the wr … more →

Tags: Wrong Words, Typo, wrong word, Extra word, unnecessary word, yahoo shine, Shine, Yahoo! Movies

Hey, you! You!

Laura wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m talkin’ to you! You! And so is the writer for Yahoo! Shine: … more →

Tags: Department of Redundancy Dept., redundancy, Extra word, unnecessary word, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine, repeated word

'Top Chef' takes the cake

Laura wrote 1 month ago: This synopsis of tonight’s “Top Chef” on Yahoo! TV takes the cake: Though there … more →

Tags: Apostrophes, Confused Words, contractions, Department of Redundancy Dept., its/it's, pronouns, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, Apostrophe

And and then I wrote...

Laura wrote 1 month ago: … one word too many: And and it’s on Yahoo! omg!. … more →

Tags: Department of Redundancy Dept., redundancy, Extra word, unnecessary word, Yahoo, OMG, Yahoo! OMG, repeated word

Thinking of thinking

Laura wrote 1 month ago: What was the writer thinking of thinking when this teaser was written on Yahoo! Shine? … more →

Tags: Extra word, unnecessary word, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine

Slippery slop

Laura wrote 2 months ago: There’s an amazing article on Yahoo! Shine. Amazing in the variety and number of sloppy errors … more →

Tags: Confused Words, Department of Redundancy Dept., Missing words, Links, capitalizing, <punctuation>, Wrong Words, hyphens, horde/hoard

Do you like correct grammar or Yahoo! Shine?1 comment

Laura wrote 2 months ago: Do you like clean-shaven and clean-cut hyphenated? (They should be.) Do you like sentences that make … more →

Tags: misspellings, <punctuation>, modifiers, hyphens, Adjectives, misspelling, hyphen, Extra word, unnecessary word

Writing in No Time

Laura wrote 2 months ago: Maybe this article on Yahoo! TV should be called “Writing in No Time” instead of   … more →

Tags: misspellings, capitalizing, Verbs, misspelling, capitalization, Extra word, unnecessary word, Verb, Makeover

Now I get it: This is Shine

Laura wrote 2 months ago: I just don’t get it. How does a supposed professional writer misspell two names in the very fi … more →

Tags: misspellings, Confused Words, Missing words, <punctuation>, Subject-Verb Agreement, Wrong Words, Verbs, Apostrophes, fair/fare

Most inauspicious start serves as warning2 comments

Laura wrote 2 months ago: This has got to be the most inauspicious start you can imagine. The name in this headline on Yahoo! … more →

Tags: misspellings, Department of Redundancy Dept., capitalizing, <punctuation>, hyphens, commas, Missing Letter, Typo, misspelling

Modeling writing mistakes

Laura wrote 2 months ago: In a Yahoo! Shinearticle about a 19-year-old preggers model, the writer didn’t exactly model b … more →

Tags: Missing words, <punctuation>, hyphens, missing word, hyphen, Extra word, Âges, repeated words, Yahoo

Jaycee Dugard: I'm so happy to be back

Laura wrote 2 months ago: The “Blog of the #1 News Site,” from the Yahoo! Newsroom, isn’t always trustworthy … more →

Tags: Department of Redundancy Dept., Errors of fact, Typo, redundancy, Factual Errors, Extra word, unnecessary word, factual error, Yahoo

Errors like these these

Laura wrote 2 months ago: These types of things, found often on Yahoo! Shine, really chap my hide: … more →

Tags: Department of Redundancy Dept., redundancy, Extra word, unnecessary word, Yahoo, yahoo shine, Shine, repeated word


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