It’s sad news. “Acclaimed British actor Bob Hoskins” has died. That’s what it says on the home page of Yahoo! Movies:
What is also sad is the fact the writer can’t even spell the name of Mr. Hoskins’ most popular movie, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” Sad.
Looking to make a pegboard for your home? The folks at Yahoo! Shine are here to help with this suggestion:
Don’t go looking for Plexi-Glass at your local hardware store. Try Plexiglas (the correct spelling of the trademarked product) or as it’s sometimes called, plexiglass.
Someone could use a little instruction in proofreading. And writing. Here’s the “news” from Yahoo! News; see if you can make sense of it:
One of the great things about the English language is that it allows you to spell some words in multiple ways. But it’s kinda a good idea to stick to one spelling. Take this example on the Yahoo! front page:
That’s the preferred plural of tornado. But this spelling is also acceptable, though not the first choice of the editors of the American Heritage Dictionary:
It really looks sloppy and amateurish to use both spellings. That’s why you should select a single dictionary as your authority for spelling and always use the preferred spelling.
Are you as confused as I am by this statement on the Yahoo! front page?
There’s at least one word in the wrong place. Or maybe at least two words. Or maybe there are too many words. I just don’t know. Do you?
Does Tabatha Coffey sound a bit off to you? I’m still trying to figure out what this means on the home page of Yahoo! Celebrity. Maybe the sheriff can explain it:
If peeling a banana removes its skin, what does unpeeling it do? Does it put the banana back in its peel? Let’s ask the writer for Yahoo! Sports; I’m sure he knows:
If you’re like this writer for Yahoo! Sports and can’t match a verb (which should be is) to its subject (NBA), then you’re writing will have an effect on your readers, and it won’t be good:
Can’t you just picture a celebrity weigh-in?
I’m thinking of Gwyneth Paltrow stepping up to the scale, followed by Beyoncé for her weigh-in.
What do you think? Click the Comments link to weigh in on this issue.
When I first read “par tine” on Yahoo! Sports, I thought the writer was attempting to be humorous. See, it’s like a Spoonerism for “pine tar,” except a Spoonerism would be “tine par.” So, maybe it’s like a Spoonerism followed by a transposition:
Then I read a bit more and decided that the writer was just careless. Like putting an apostrophe on Mets. After all, “Mets teammates” makes more sense. And then I saw that the writer didn’t know that afterall isn’t a word, but past is (and it’s the word he should have used):
After analyzing these excerpts I concluded that the writer heeds nelp.
Terribly Write 