Keep in mind, as you read this one sentence from Yahoo! News’ “The Ticket” — with its misspelled sergeant, the misspelled Terrance Gainer, and the typo — that this is what passes for journalism at Yahoo!:
If the writer can make so many sloppy mistakes in a single sentence, what are the chances there are other errors in the article? Very high.
I guess something that is Spainish is like Spain, but not really Spain:
This caption comes to you from the Yahoo! News editors whose English is as bad as their Spanish.
We all know Steven Spielberg, the director, producer, and cinematic genius behind the movie “Lincoln.” All of us except the journalists at Yahoo! News, who just can’t get his name right:
Maybe someone should teach those geniuses how to Google a name.
Have you ever read a headline and realized it made no sense? Me, too. It was on Yahoo! News:
This just goes to show you the power of a typo. Can you figure out what this was supposed to say? The word ever should be fever.
All writing serves a purpose. Even writing by Yahoo! staffers serves a purpose — as examples of what not to do.
From Yahoo! News’ “Trending Now” we learn that we should proofread all media — not only the words on the page, but also the words in illustrations and videos:
In the video, the subject is referred to as Levasque; in the accompanying article, he’s called Levesque. And that is his actual name. In case you think the video has a single typo, here’s the misspelled name again:
At a time of national mourning, people look for details on radio, TV, and the Web. Just don’t look for accurate information on Yahoo! News, which incorrectly identifies Newtown, Connecticut, the actual scene of the horrific shooting:
That writing gig might come to an end for the person who that this made was a common English expression:
The idiom is “the jig is/was up.” It means that the game or trick is over, done, kaput. The “gig was up” means that the job is over, done, kaput.
I don’t really think the writer’s gig is in jeopardy. This appeared in Yahoo! News‘ “The Sideshow,” where writers are not know for their journalistic integrity or mastery of English. Her job is safe there.
Let’s just be charitable and call this attempt at Louisiana in a Yahoo! News headline a typo, and not a misspelling:
Batting a thousand in baseball is good. Batting a thousand in misspelling is bad. And that’s what the writer for Yahoo! News’ “The Ticket” batted in a sad attempt to spell Colleen Lachowicz:
How the heck does an alleged news site misspell the first and last names of the subject of a news article?
Today’s abuse of verbs is brought to you by Yahoo! News:
Why is it so difficult for a writer to match a verb to its subject. What’s the subject in that sentence? Look to the left of the verb. Is it witches? No! The word witches is the object of the preposition of. Is it depiction? Yes! And that’s a singular noun, so the verb should be singular, too.
