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The Copy Edits of J. Alfred Proofreader: Headline Blunder First of Two Mistakes In Telegraph Story

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010. Headline Blunder First of Two Mistakes In Telegraph Story. On the Web site of The Daily Telegraph. Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares decried the "low level" of intelligence the FBI demonstrated by using his hair and facial features in a digital simulation of what Osama bin Laden might look like sans his usual long beard and turban get-up. (They basically just made Llamazares look older, called him bin Laden. Offers readers a very thorough online Style Book. A Walk in the W...

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The Copy Edits of J. Alfred Proofreader: Double-take In Jock Going Into Government Story

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Monday, February 8, 2010. Double-take In Jock Going Into Government Story. There's an old chewing gum. That became famous for positing that people can double their pleasure and fun by simply adding another of the same thing. While that snappy theory may be true of good-looking, twenty-something preppies and sticks of minty gum. It just doesn't necessarily translate when applied to the old written word. Double-take In Jock Going Into Government Story. Posted by J. Alfred Proofreader. A Walk in the WoRds.

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124; Comments RSS. On Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fa…. A of A Changing Lif…. A of A Changing Lif…. La vie en rose (9). Neither here nor there (6). All you seasoned bloggers out there probably find summing yourselves up for the “about page” a doddle, but I’m finding it very tricky. I suppose the best one-word by-line would be “in-between”. Roots I’m very nearly bi-lingual, my kids are becoming truly so, but “The Grouch” remains persistently Anglophone so am stuck between. Oh, despite being a technophile, am al...

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The Copy Edits of J. Alfred Proofreader: Times Corrects Minor Typo In Front Page Obama Caption

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Times Corrects Minor Typo In Front Page Obama Caption. The New York Times. Published a caption this afternoon that read a tad awkwardly. As you can see in the side-by-side screen shots below, Times. Editors published a headline that read, "The president stopped into a White House briefing room." in a pointer positioned in the main section of its Web site's front page and leading to this story. Editors changed "stopped" to "stepped" in the copy. This year the Times. Editor need ...

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124; Comments RSS. On Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fa…. A of A Changing Lif…. A of A Changing Lif…. La vie en rose (9). Neither here nor there (6). Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fantastic. Posted on September 17, 2009. Just a quickie in reponse to the comments, for which I am extremely grateful, from A. On the previous post. I love opportunities to learn new things. Question : Was the bomdas/bodmas rule developped because of computing? 124; 1 Comment. Posted on September 15, 2009. Anyway, the point of the post is not...

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Ashes to Ashes | Jayceeone's Blog

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124; Comments RSS. On Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fa…. A of A Changing Lif…. A of A Changing Lif…. La vie en rose (9). Neither here nor there (6). Posted on September 7, 2009. I’m not very good at current affairs, so this. Aren’t exactly hot off the press. But the pictures of thousands of fridges stacked up awaiting disposal stuck in my mind. Apparently also in other people’. Filed under: la vie en rose. Neither here nor there. Laquo; no, it isn’t october yet. We are living in a digital world. Fill in your de...

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UB40 | Jayceeone's Blog

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124; Comments RSS. On Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fa…. A of A Changing Lif…. A of A Changing Lif…. La vie en rose (9). Neither here nor there (6). Posted on September 1, 2009. Subject: Letter in support of job application. Letter in support of job application. 1 Trevor Adams, my assistant programmer, can always be found. 2 hard at work in his cubicle. Trevor works independently, without. 3 wasting company time talking to colleagues. Trevor never. 4 thinks twice about assisting fellow employees, and he always.

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Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fantastic | Jayceeone's Blog

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124; Comments RSS. On Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fa…. A of A Changing Lif…. A of A Changing Lif…. La vie en rose (9). Neither here nor there (6). Mr Bomdastic, Maths is fantastic. Posted on September 17, 2009. Just a quickie in reponse to the comments, for which I am extremely grateful, from A. On the previous post. I love opportunities to learn new things. Question : Was the bomdas/bodmas rule developped because of computing? Laquo; Number Crunching. On September 21, 2009 at 22:28. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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The Copy Edits of J. Alfred Proofreader: March 2010

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Dallas Morning News Vilifies Jay-Z. One of the side-effects of the ever-changing media landscape is that various media companies are increasingly operating outside of their comfort zones. Instead of plodding away in the niches they've mastered over a great many years, some media companies think that because the Internet exists, they have a license to dabble willy-nilly in all kinds of newfangled media. The Dallas Morning News. In an e-mail, Kost wrote the Proofreader:. Is to proof...