Jason spotted this
“…in a newspaper stand at New Smyrna Beach, FL. One has to wonder if it’s the shrinking newspaper industry that did them in or the lack of a copy editor.”
What a way to go…
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Jason spotted this
“…in a newspaper stand at New Smyrna Beach, FL. One has to wonder if it’s the shrinking newspaper industry that did them in or the lack of a copy editor.”
#1 by jblue on June 11, 2008 - 6:23 pm
I love it. I wonder how many times the Observer contained that error during its 95 years of existence.
#2 by Willow on June 27, 2008 - 5:49 pm
No so observant, apparently!
#3 by Hal on July 2, 2008 - 10:34 am
To an extent I can forgive the small businesses scribbling superfluous apostrophes with their bingo markers but a newspaper..?
Someone needs to lose their job over this shit.