Re: where are the proofers???

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.com>]

At 07:07 PM 3/28/98 -0500, Rick Levy wrote:
>>From Shel Swartz:
>>>Consider when you surf to a "professional" business Web Site and find
>misspelled items such as, "you can make use of this products many
>features...." "Its a great day today...."  "I love sherbert..."  "In the
>absence of wind, my kite finally found it's way to the ground..."  These
>errors do not make the writer appear to be credible.<<
>
>Interesting that three of the four examples you give involve omission or
>misuse of the apostrophe.  Per my experience online (formerly "on line"),
>the most frequently misspelled word in the English language surely must
>be "its".  A spell checker won't catch this particular error.
>


Gee, usually people err on the side of unnecessary apostrophes.  How many
times have you seen someone selling rose's by the side of the road, or a
sign saying no dog's allowed.

Ob radio link...how often does client or sales rep-written copy contain
these error's? ;-)

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