Times, December 12, 2024
I do suggest using a spellchecker, but it is also useful to have some knowledge of the language. This would prevent the stupidity of using ‘queue’ instead of ‘cue’.
Month: December 2024
#605
Times, November 6, 2024
If there is one occasion when copy must be impeccable, it is when the story is mocking mistakes in another publication. You have to laugh.
#604
The Fifth Republic was created to concentrate power in the hands of Charles de Gaulle at a time of national crisis. And ever since De Gaulle, presidents have tried – and generally failed – to emulate his stature.
BBC News Online, December 5, 2024
This is a perfect example of the ‘couldn’t give a damn’ school of subbing – two versions of the same name in one line. Anyone who can turn in sloppy work like this is plainly in the wrong job. Incidentally it is ‘de Gaulle’.