What’s missing?

Don’t you think there’s a word missing in the caption on Yahoo! News?

I feel like there should be a preposition between “freedom” and “a long imprisonment.” I’m thinkin’ it’s “with.”

Were you hit on the head, too?

Looks like J. A. Happ wasn’t the only one hit on the head. The writer, editor, and proofreader for the Yahoo! front page seem to be suffering from a little cranial damage, too:

Which is worse?

Which is worse? Dropping a word:

or adding a redundant one?

Just ask the readers of the Yahoo! front page, the most visited page on the Internet.

Revising history and calling it the news

In this revisionist article from Yahoo! News, the writer claims that Newt Gingrich won the Republican primary last year. There is no word as the outcome of the actual presidential election:

This just goes to show ya what can happen when you drop a word or two: It’s the first time Mr. Gingrich has returned since winning the state’s Republican presidential primary.

Record for cheapest diamond broken?

A rare blue diamond recently sold for $1.8 million, breaking a record for what must have been the cheapest diamond in the world:

Thanks to Yahoo! Shine for illustrating (again!) the impact that a single word can have.

Entire state to eliminate every sport ever invented?

There’ll be no more basketball, baseball, football, golf, swimming, or quidditch anywhere in the entire state of Illinois. At least that’s the claim of Yahoo! Sports‘ “Prep Rally”:

Anyone curious enough to read the article (like me, for instance) would learn that the headline writer may have exaggerated a tad. Or maybe just forgot a word or two (like “high school”). Yes, a high school in Illinois may have to eliminate all extracurricular sports. That’s not quite what this writer said, though, is it?

One less word

Here’s one sentence with fewer than the words it should have on the Yahoo! front page:

Is that a question?

There’s something missing here in this photo caption on Yahoo! Shine:

I think it’s a question mark. And maybe a word or two, though I have no idea what the word or words might be.

Trying to figure out the news

If you’re looking for the best news coverage on events in North Korea, you’ll want to skip Yahoo! News. I’m still trying to figure out what this is all about:

No clue. No clue at all

I have absolutely no clue what this is supposed to mean on Yahoo! Shine:

Is Kate Middleton making a clothing line? Or is a word missing? Perhaps Kate Middleton’s housekeeper is making a clothing line. Anyone have a clue as to what this alleges?