Well, at least the genius writers at Yahoo! Movies got half of Keira Knightley’s name right this time:
They’ve called her Keira Knightley, Keira Knightly, and worst of all, Kiera Knightly. The writers did manage to get Jacqueline Durran’s name right, though for some reason they decided that her job deserved capital letters. It doesn’t.
To the writer for Yahoo! Screen: Don’t have a nervous breakdown about this, but you made a mistake. Let me break down this error for you: Breakdown is a noun. The verb is two words: break down.
If I were to compile a list of the Top 5 Typos of 2012, this one from the Yahoo! front page might make the list:
There’s not just a typo that makes this a potential winner: There’s the wonky word order, too. It doesn’t imply that the list is of the top five albums of the year, but just five of the top albums of 2012.
No, that wasn’t Sam Raimi; it was someone else on Yahoo! Movies:
And it wasn’t Rachel Weisz, either:
In an attempt to explain the phenomenon of incredible shrinking drinks, the editors on the Yahoo! front page, make sure you understand that the drinks have been shrunk down, and not shrunk up:
If you think that means a half gallon of milk is now just 60 ounces, or a pint of cream is 12 ounces, you would be wrong. The actual shrinking of drinks is a myth. Instead, some large sizes of some drinks have been banned in New York City. No shrinkage was involved in the ban.
Nope. But it should be:
You’d think that anyone working for Yahoo! TV would know how to spell Leslie Knope’s name, or care enough about the character to Google her name.
Are all the writers and editors at yahoo.com on a holiday break? Is this the work of an actual professional or are high school dropouts filling in for the regular staff?
Just yesterday, the Associated Press reported that a woman had been set on fire in Los Angeles. This morning the crackerjack journalists who write for the Yahoo! front page report that there has been at least one more similar incident:
Of course, it could be that those crackerjack journalists are really just crackers and don’t know the difference between woman and women. It wouldn’t be the first time that they’ve used the plural women when the singular woman is correct.
After reading this on the Yahoo! front page, I’ve decided that the writer is mentally challenged since then:
OK, seriously, why did the writer include “after” and “since then”? Here’s what the genius should have written:
After being named November’s coach of the month, Johnson saw his team lose 10 of 13 games.
Or maybe:
Since being named November’s coach of the month, Johnson saw his team lose 10 of 13 games.
Injecting a little levity into your writing? Just do as the writer for Yahoo! Shine does, and substitute levity for levitation and listen to the crowd roar with laughter:
