Comments on: I see typos

By: Linda VandeVrede

Linda VandeVrede — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:32:41 +0000

Wow – typos always seem to start a volatile chain of comments! Yikes!
Hi, Jim – as far as typos in blogs go, I think that blogs that are in the PR/communications field need to pay a little more attention to typos because the authors are in the field of communications. If you’re blogging about aerospace issues, truck driving, or cooking, you get a free pass.

By: Paula Hubbs Cohen

Paula Hubbs Cohen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:45:54 +0000

Ouch – sorry, I don’t know how to edit the posts here, but I will take that in the constructive spirit in which I’m sure it was intended

By: Dan Wool

Dan Wool — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:27:07 +0000

BTW, speaking of public place typos. I love this site – the Blog of the Unnecessary Quotation Marks
http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

By: Paula Hubbs Cohen

Paula Hubbs Cohen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:06:35 +0000

“Public place” mistakes make me nuts, but I have to say that my biggest typo/grammar pet peeve has to do with teachers who send home paperwork or emails with obvious errors. Just today, I received an email from my son’s AP History teacher (he’s a junior in high school) that said “accept” for “except”; “…get their scrapbooks completed which is due Monday…”; and more. If it was an isolated incident, I’d chalk it up to we all goof up now and then, but this teacher, in particular, is atrocious at spelling and grammar.One time she spelled “spelling” as “speeling” on the grading rubrik that was judging the, you guessed it, SPELLING content of an assignment! Of course, it doesn’t quite rate with the time my daughter’s third grade teacher (many moons ago, she’s now at UA…) insisted that a country was in an incorrect hemisphere. But I digress…

By: jakers

jakers — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:42:36 +0000

Thanks Len. You screwed up my drive down the 60 today. Another vexing peccadillo to bum out my grammar karma.

But seriously maybe the property manager has a french affectation quota that has been filled by Anthropologie‎ in Dana Park?

By: Charlotte Risch

Charlotte Risch — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:07:07 +0000

I dont no what the big deel is Len?

By: George Couch

George Couch — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:32:54 +0000

My bachelor’s degree is in English, so I get what everyone is saying. For me, Tracy’s post hits it right on. Such errors say that a business just might not care.

I do think there comes a time where if you’ve communicated your point and people understand it, so what if there is an error. It’s a fine line and always good to know the proper way.

By: Jim Veihdeffer

Jim Veihdeffer — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:15:41 +0000

I think there’s a big difference, my good friend Linda, between blog-ography — where the intent is to get ideas out reasonably spontaneously — and printed or created signage — where some notion of permanence is the goal.

For those inveterate apostrophiles, you may be amused to visit a website devoted to apostrophe errors which includes such gems as “dirty dish’s”, a “Girl’s Rock” t-shirt, “The Kid’s Studio” (private kindergarten) and my personal favorite, “Overstock Panty Hoe’s.”

http://www.apostropheabuse.com

By: Tracy Diziere

Tracy Diziere — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:42:02 +0000

It’s their tenant’s BRAND,so you’d think the property managers would be more careful. Aside from being annoying for us detail-oriented folks, the real tragedy of this particular typo is the potential message to the customer: “We don’t care enough to know your name or to take the time to double- and triple-check that we’re representing you accurately.” At least it reminds us to take pride in being the custodians of our clients’ brands and our ability to treat them with respect and care.

By: Linda VandeVrede

Linda VandeVrede — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:43:19 +0000

Funny the different things that bug us. I guess I could let the “Gallery” vs. “Gallerie” slide, but I run screaming into the night when I see “it’s” used incorrectly as the possessive. The other one that kills me is “Your welcome” for “You’re welcome.” I don’t think we can inflict punishment, however, unless and until all of the ValleyPR blog posts are consistently error-free!