Viva Las Vegas and Missing Verb Alert!

To be or not to be is not the question here, rather why was the verb able left out? "She has to be climb...." it stopped me right in my tracks. This actually is a great magazine from the state of Nevada called Nevada. During Spring Break I bought it in the Las Vegas airport while killing time till my flight left. The front cover had horses on it and immediately I picked it up. After I returned to Des Moines and I was recovering and detoxing I read through parts of the magazine. Even though I was exhausted I still picked up on the mistake in a sentence. It didn't make sense, and then I realized most likely it was missing "able" or some kind of a verb to connect "be" with. That's when I underlined the sentence and later added the red "able" to show what was missing and where it should be. I have enjoyed this state magazine especially since I have worked for a similar one but for my home state Arkansas. But, we all make mistakes at least I didn't in Las Vegas : )

Wall Street Journal

In a Wall Street Journal interview: "FDIC's Bair Fleshes Out Aggregator Bank' Idea" there were two mistakes. The first was this sentence:

"I think there are lot of different strategies that could be used to get these assets back into the market."

Lot is missing the "a" before it to make it correct: "...are a lot of.."


And the second was:

"By doing the insurance wrap or providing a bank to just get them off the balance sheet complete, I think that would help us get some private capital back into banks."

Complete should be: "...the balance sheet completely..."

Perhaps I will keep looking for mistakes in the WSJ.

Journalism + Math = Confusion

I realize it is hard to see what I underlined in the article so I will explain. The headline states accoriding to the campus newspaper, The Times Delphic that: "ADPis begin business with 60 women". Then once you read the article they break 60 down into classes it does not add up to be 60 ADPis. I was incredibly confused when the numbers didn't add up, and I was distracted by the contradiction and did not finish the article.

Statement Statement

In the Wall Street Journal's February 3rd Edition under Marketplace in an article titled: "Fashioning Ways to Hold Down Prices" there is a little mistake. Two periods at the end of a sentence. Just goes to show no publication is perfect. But, at least I can understand what I read. The only harm these periods did was to make me smile.

Dear Abby,

Ok, Abby what are you trying to say here? I suppose that the goal was to shorten the headline but all it did was confuse me. I would understand it better if it read: " Don't let your boyfriend squash independence" or "Don't let a boyfriend squash independence" or "Don't let boyfriend squash your independence". How hard would it have been to add that little "a" or "your"? I need a modifier, please.

Wedding Announcement

I am confused about this couple's wedding. Either the wedding "was planned" instead of "is planned for May 30th, 2008" or the "wedding is planned for May 30th, 2009". So, either it has happened and somone used the wrong tense or the date should be 2009. Most likely since this was published in the Des Moines Registrar on February 1st someone is still not use to writing or typing 2009 instead of 2008. Congratulations, either way.

Tampa Super Bowl Banner

The banner reads: "Welcome To Downtown TAMPA There's So Many Reasons To Love It"

What it should have said: There Are. NOT what it is implying now with "There's" which is there is. The "many reasons" make it plural.

I smell jocks because Tampa is known as the City of Champions, not the City of Editors.

JMC070 Print Editing Assignment

Welcome to my blog for a journalism editing assignment. I will be showcasing editing mistakes and "oops" in anything printed or broadcasted. Tomorrow I will add some mistakes after I scan them on to the computer. Check back later, probably in 24 hours. Thanks and again welcome.