Is that the past tense?

Is that the past tense of jacquare on Yahoo! Style or a misspelling of jacquard?

Do I repeat myself? repeat myself?

The carelessly repeated words in this article from Yahoo! Makers aren’t the worst mistakes a writer can make. They’re just the worst easily avoidable mistakes.

Any writer who proofreads her work would have spotted those. The mistake that really chaps my hide is the use of aircrafts as a plural. The plural of aircraft is aircraft. If the writer wanted to emphasize that multiple planes are involved, then she should have used that word.

In need of a Netfix

Misspelling Netflix in a giant great big huge headline on Yahoo! Finance isn’t the funniest part about this article:

The funniest part of this whole embarrassment is the comments left by readers:

“. . . Netlix new baby leave.” Do you have anyone proofread your titles?

“Netlix new baby leave” Netlix? Had your coffee yet, Yahoo?

Nice title. ….Netlix….. hmmm…. You would think they would spell the primary subject correctly.