Some notoriety
I have the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) feed on Google Reader. My sister and I enjoy the odd grammar discussion, and SPOGG has a lot of fun posts about the problems that big-name web sites and newspapers have with grammar, spelling, and editing.
Last night, I went to the Los Angeles Times web site for some updated weather info, and found an interesting typo. I sent it in to the nice woman who runs the SPOGG site, and this morning she posted it:
Why newspapers need copy editors
The story was especially relevant to Jason:
Authorities lift mandatory evacuation orders for homes in the Paradise Valley area of La Caņada Flintridge, where many people staid put.Here's the screen dump I took of the Times' web site; click for a full-size version:
posted 19 Jan 2010 in Doing