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Title: I remember a time when editors and proofreaders cared
Post by: Electric Eye on May 13, 2007, 07:41:16 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070512/ap_on_el_pr/clinton2008

With fewer than half of the nation's students completing the degrees their start, government must have a larger role to play, Clinton said.

Anyone else notice the bigtime grammar fluck up? Unfortunately I see this a lot nowadays. This was not so back when I was a kid in the 70's or heck, I really did not see it until the late 90s. What are we teaching youngsters in school nowadays?  >:(

When I was in college after the military and I worked as a VA work-study at the Texas Workforce Comm., one of the first things I did was look at a person's handwriting and grammar, especially if they dropped off resumes and attached it to state paperwork for potential employers to pick up.

You would think with today's technology the least they could have done was use a spell and grammar check?

Title: Re: I remember a time when editors and proofreaders cared
Post by: Brush Wolf on May 13, 2007, 02:27:26 pm

Actually I would bet they did use a spelling and grammar checker. Spell checkers work well except when you use the wrong word but don't misspell it. Grammar checkers are still very problematic in their operation and should not be relied on. Proofreading is becoming a lost art.   



Edit: Speaking of proofreading I forgot a word.

Title: Re: I remember a time when editors and proofreaders cared
Post by: Sarek on May 15, 2007, 12:33:14 am

Word doesn't catch it.   :o