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12/12/2011

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/12/12/town_names_spelled_wrong_on_haverhill_street_signs/?p1=Local_Links

State transportation officials are apologizing for putting up street signs in Haverhill that misspell the names of nearby communities.

09/23/2011

Yet another reason why typos are bad news! http://online.wsj.com/article/APd296442662004d998b15f6f550b631f4.html

NEW YORK — If you're prone to mistyping email addresses, here's a new thing to worry about: you could be a target for spammers trying to sell you a dream vacation or a diet product by pretending to be one of your friends or colleagues.

09/12/2011

Boston woman saved by a typo on 9/11. Amazing story...
http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2011-09-10/elise-okane-gets-saved-typo #.Tm1RTes3Q38

Elise O'Kane carried her United Airlines "wings" in her hand Wednesday down a hall in Flagler Hospital's cardiovascular unit, where she has worked for the past two years.The wings aren't just a reminder of what happened 10 years ago. She still pins it on for her job as a part-time flight attendant. ...

09/04/2011

04/07/2011

Not that I am volunteering, but Gadhafi needs a proofreader! Check out his letter to Obama...

03/25/2011

Concerned about a typo? It happens to everyone, even CNN! Found this in an article today: "The tourist-based economy also took a hot and unemployment soared."

03/04/2011

Happy National Grammar Day!

01/23/2011

Austen is one of my favorite authors so I found this particularly interesting!

Can't remember the "i before e" rule? Don't worry, neither could Jane Austen. Oxford University professor Kathryn Sutherland has studied more than 1,000 pages of the beloved novelist's handwritten text. Sutherland's found some surprising differences between the manuscripts and the finished works.

01/21/2011

That's a big OOPS! Never underestimate the value of several rounds of proofreading!

The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers rivalry has always been intense, but it has definitely been taken up a few notches in light of Sunday's NFC Championship game. As fans name call and make game predictions, Chicago fans found one more thing to tease Green Bay about.

01/17/2011

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12/13/2010

Holiday Writing Tip: Plurals of Names (just in time for your holiday cards)!
The big secret is that there is nothing different about it because it is a name. If you want to make a name plural, it follows the same spelling rule as any other kind of noun. There is no apostrophe; no letter is left out; the word is not possessive. Example: The Smiths live next to the Joneses.

12/10/2010

Part Two of the Weekly Writing Tip! Joining two independent clauses.
If you use an adverb, such as however, nevertheless, or thus, use a semicolon before the adverb and a comma after: We expect the patient to recover; however, he may need surgery.