Blogs about: Wrong Word
It's prom-ish
Laura wrote 1 day ago: It’s kinda like a prom, I guess: “The Thread,” a feature on Yahoo! Shine, is respo … more →
Uh-oh. You've been found out!
Laura wrote 1 day ago: Someone’s been found out! Now it’s time to find out who made this gaffe on Yahoo! TV: … more →
Airborne Toxic Event formed from a video
Laura wrote 3 days ago: It’s like magic! A buzz video (whatever that is; maybe it’s a video of a beehive?) creat … more →
Computers now equipped with hands!
Laura wrote 3 days ago: Forget about getting travel advice from your friends, family, or travel agent. Now you can get advic … more →
Did you mean holiday gifts, holidays, or gifts?
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Laura wrote 3 days ago: Can you decipher this from Yahoo! Shine? There’s an error in there, but what is it? Did the wr … more →
They're at it again with their wacky writing
Laura wrote 4 days ago: Geez, this must be harder than I realize. I guess not everyone appreciates the difference between a … more →
She may not be beautiful...
Laura wrote 4 days ago: but is she really homely? The Sun-Maid girl always had a fresh-scrubbed, wholesome image. You might … more →
The tail end of it: curtail vs. dovetail
mighty red pen wrote 4 days ago: Spottted this little tidbit in a description of a house that’s currently on the market: Curtai … more →
Writers who need to check themselves
Laura wrote 4 days ago: Writers should check for themselves that the words they use actually exist; otherwise, they could be … more →
Tim McGraw: Watch his one video in its entirety
Laura wrote 5 days ago: You might think that country music giant Tim McGraw has produced a gazillion videos, but according t … more →
Could you spot the error?
Laura wrote 5 days ago: It’s a big, obvious error (and I hope just a typo) on Yahoo! Shine: … more →
Victoria's Secret's refashioned show
Laura wrote 5 days ago: It’s the most popular fashion show on the small screen, but the Victoria’s Secret annual … more →
Recycling World AIDS Day errors
Laura wrote 6 days ago: In honor of World AIDS Day, Yahoo! is recycling the errors on its Yahoo! Events page here: and here: … more →
Illegal shrieks and squeals on 'Oprah'
Laura wrote 1 week ago: Last year, Oprah Winfrey’s “Favorite Things” didn’t have the same illegal im … more →
A peek at the peak of errors could pique your ire
Laura wrote 1 week ago: A quick peek at the peak of all homophonic errors on Yahoo! Shine could pique your editorial ire: … more →
Dysfunctional malfunctioning misfunction
Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Anyone who had the misfortune to read the Yahoo! front page today couldn’t miss this mistreatm … more →
So few words, so many errors
Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s just two little words on the Yahoo! front page: ping pong. Add a hyphen and ping-pong wou … more →
For peaty sake! Men desert women in peat bogs
Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Don’t expect a man to come to the rescue of his wife if she should fall ill in a peat bog: Tha … more →
Kicking off the F
Laura wrote 2 weeks ago: Let’s hope the editors on Yahoo! Shine will kick off a proofreading frenzy and rid the site of … more →
