This meets up to expectations

The writers on the Yahoo! front page never fail to meet expectations:

Of course, my expectations for yahoo.com are pretty low. I’m not at all surprised to find a few extra words in a common expression.

It’s the democratic process, but the Democratic candidate

If you’re writing about democracy, then you’re writing about the democratic process. But if you’re writing about a candidate of the Democratic Party, then you’re writing about a Democratic member of the party. If you’re writing for the Yahoo! front page, you probably don’t know or care about the difference in capitalization:

Anouncer stuns readers

This spelling of announcer on the Yahoo! front page is quite stunning:

It reminds me of this spelling of Warren Buffett’s name:

Why do Yahoo! editors have so many problems with spelling words and names that contain double letters? Why can they spell a word or name correctly once, but not twice?

Is that a stereotype?

Is it stereotyping to say that the writers at Yahoo! Style are the worst in the business — at least at proofreading?

Give it the boot!

The editors for Yahoo! Style should give this misspelling the boot and replace it with the real plural of booty — which is booties: