Something’s afoot and it’s not good

It’s not the worst typo a writer can make, but it’s an easy one to spot if you’re writing about Ray Halbritter:

Maybe the writer needs some assistance in the proofreading department:

And editor who knows that either is singular and it’s is the contraction for it has would certainly help:

But something is afoot at Yahoo! Sports‘ “Prep Rally”: There’s no proofreader or editor at hand.

Where was your head when you wrote that?

I don’t want to even think about where the writer’s head was when he wrote this headline for Yahoo! Sports‘ “Big League Stew”:

The expression is “head over heels” and it means “to roll, as in a somersault.”

Isn’t that stealing?

Looking for a slightly used shirt? A well-worn pair of  trousers? If you’re not to proud to steal, you can get it free by raiding a closet. And Yahoo! Shopping suggests you raid your father’s closet:

Of course, if you merely want to see the kinds of clothing he prefers, you could just peek in his closet.

Someone needs a botany lesson

It’s back to the third grade for a writer for the yahoo.com:

Someone could use a lesson in botany, if only to learn that trees are, in fact, plants.

Do you make this kind of mistakes?

This is the kind of mistake you don’t see often. In fact, I’ve never seen it before:

You can always depend on the writers and editors of the Yahoo! front page to come up with new and inventive expressions that are grammatically incorrect.

Why would you read any more?

This is the first paragraph of an article from Yahoo! News‘ “The Lookout”:

Why would anyone bother to read any more?

A most unique error

If something is unique, can it be more unique or even the most unique? Not according to most authorities. So, when the brainiacs who write for the Yahoo! front page called Joakim Noah “one of the world’s most unique athletes,” were they simply engaging in a little playful hyperbole?

You might be able to consider “most unique” acceptable, but can you accept that Mr. Noah’s sister is alleged to be an even more unique athlete? Because she’s not an athlete, she’s a model.

How did Keira Knightley sit down in that?

It’s really difficult to imagine how a bride would be able to sit down at her own reception wearing a tuille skirt. But Keira Knightley tried, according to Yahoo! omg!:

A tuille, also called a tasset, is a steel plate used in medieval armor for protecting the thigh:

(You can purchase “Conqueror’s Tassets” on Etsy for $395, plus shipping.)

Ms. Knightley is actually wearing a tulle skirt:

Would that be Scrabble?

Now you can own a Kobe Bryant Scrabble jersey. Either a game-word jersey or a game-worn jersey. I can’t figure out which the writer for Yahoo! Sports’ “Prep Rally” means:

Couldn’t the writer take the time to proofread this headline? I guess that’s asking too much of someone who thinks mom should be capitalized (not when it’s preceded by his) and that spring is a proper noun (it isn’t).

Can you still call yourself a writer?

How many words can you misuse or abuse and still call yourself a writer? If you’re the writer for Yahoo! Sports’ “Prep Rally,” the answer is quite a few — at least four in a single article.

It’s clear that the writer doesn’t know when to use it’s (which is a contraction of “it is” or “it has”) instead of the possessive pronoun its:

And he can’t tell the difference between represented and representative:

Is he the only writer who doesn’t know taxes are levied and charges are leveled? I’m just wonderin’ ’cause I’ve never seen a mistake like this:

Can you call yourself a writer if you pound out an expression like this?

Anyone have a clue what that’s supposed to mean?