Here’s where you get to write the news. Just fill in the blank left by the writer for Yahoo! News:
If you’re stymied, you might want to read the rest of the article. But be warned! There are a few roadblocks in your way to enlightenment, like a couple of typos, a divided redbaiting, an incorrectly capitalized congressman, and a missing apostrophe and S:
It’s an exaggeration to say that Yahoo! is overrun with errors. But it does have more than its share. Here’s a small example Yahoo! News: The writer misspells overran and protester:
I was willing to accept that protestor was a typo. But nooo. It’s a real misspelling:
When a reporter/blogger for Yahoo! News does research on the Web, what search engine does he turn to? Google — just like the rest of us:
(OK, so this is a tad tangential to my rants about the crimes against English committed by Yahoo!’s writers and editors. But it was too funny not to share.)
A little letter gets added to John Krasinski’s name by the entertainment experts at Yahoo! Movies:
It’s a sad day when a writer (this time on Yahoo! omg!) doesn’t know how to match a verb with its plural subject:
Paparazzi is the plural of paparazzo.
The Internet giant still doesn’t care how you (or it) spells what it sells. It’s so oblivious to the niceties of consistency that two ads for Yahoo! Small Business appear together on the Yahoo! front page touting its web sites (and websites):
I didn’t think anything I read on Yahoo! could shock me. But I’m kinda shocked by this mistake on the Yahoo! front page:
Is it actually possible that a professional writer or editor — someone who’s paid to know this stuff — doesn’t know it should be “2,000-year-old coffins”? This is pretty basic English, people.
This is the kind of error you’d expect to find on a hand-written sign held up by some guy standing on the side of the road waving a dozen roses. But it’s actually written by a professional writer for Yahoo! Movies:
Terribly Write 