Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Copy editor needed. STAT!

Hey Oregonian.  Maybe you could put some money towards better proofreading?

24/7 is something entirely different than the improper fraction of 24/7, which I can't recreate in this blog, but which is in the text above.  24/7 means "all the time" namely 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.  24/7 means 3 and 3/7 of something.

(And yes, this blog could use a copy editor too.  But this blog is not a major news organization.)

3 comments:

  1. The snarky response might be to say that neither is the Oregonian, any more. Too bad.

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  2. I'm nearly convinced that newspapers don't hire editors at all any longer. The online articles are the worst. They always have terrible grammar & spelling, lack objectivity, and are organized poorly. It's sad.

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