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Comment on Don’t discount the editor when the focus is ‘online-first’ by Mary Ullmer

Mary Ullmer — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:27:01 +0000

Accoring? Even if someone was glancing at the headlines, any journalism school graduate writing “accoring” should not be gainfully employed.

Comment on Don’t discount the editor when the focus is ‘online-first’ by Mark Allen

Mark Allen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:36:43 +0000

I don’t intend to take on the role of MLive gadfly, but today’s Facebook feed brought me a story from the Bay City Times about weather-related crashes still accoring. Accoring? At least have someone glance at the headlines.

The point is, reporters covering stories and submitting on the fly don’t have time or focus to thoroughly inspect their stories for errors. This is no time for newspapers to give up quality control.

Related: a copy editor friend shared this yesterday: http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2012/02/08/do-newspapers-think-we-cant-see-whos-missing

Comment on Don’t discount the editor when the focus is ‘online-first’ by Sheeple Liberator

Sheeple Liberator — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:48:28 +0000

This is a good example you’ve provided. “The story has been edited with a correction” is something that should have happened before publication. There are many problems with today’s vicious news cycle and I’m a little worried about where it’s taking us.

Comment on Don’t discount the editor when the focus is ‘online-first’ by Susan Zanner

Susan Zanner — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:58 +0000

Excellent points! I would imagine any basketball change-up in the Flint area would be huge news. Particularly, as the networks have looked at changing conditions there lately as a harbinger of an economic reversal.

Comment on Don’t discount the editor when the focus is ‘online-first’ by Mary Ullmer

Mary Ullmer — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:29 +0000

Well said, Mark. I couldn’t agree more.

Comment on I don’t know why you say ‘good-bye’ by J. Johnson

J. Johnson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:57:48 +0000

How should one feel having written a comment or a blog, then after careful inspection posting same, only to discover sometime later the existence of an unintended but obvious fault? Correction I would, but does that mitigate the emotion of being human? “Sigh, indeed!”

Comment on I don’t know why you say ‘good-bye’ by Ellis Vidler

Ellis Vidler — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:24:41 +0000

I must learn to read before I post. I see I included an extra “of” in my comment. Sigh.

Comment on I don’t know why you say ‘good-bye’ by Ellis Vidler

Ellis Vidler — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:22:52 +0000

I prefer it without the hyphen, but I use MW because of Chicago style does and it keeps things, and the writers I work with, consistent. Otherwise, American Heritage Dictionary would be my choice.

Comment on I don’t know why you say ‘good-bye’ by Paul Garrard

Paul Garrard — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:06:47 +0000

I think I always use ‘goodbye’ but guess ‘good-bye’ and ‘good bye’ have equal value being derived from two words.

Comment on Holiday’s name is self-evident: It’s the date on which it falls by Paul Garrard

Paul Garrard — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:15:45 +0000

I’m often amused by the differences between English and American. The word holiday to English ears refers to what Americans will know as vacation. Christmas and the like will be referred to as bank or public holidays in English. We just talk about Christmas and not season or holidays in the UK. Season is spring, summer, autumn or winter. Even though the UK is a fairly cosmopolitan, Christmas is still Christmas, and is more secular than religious. Our differences provide hours of entertainment and pleasure.

By the way in English the word world refers to all the countries of the globe and not just the USA. Another interesting difference.

I like the blog. Pedantry is one of my favourite pastimes.