Friday, November 29, 2013

Lack of Editing


Reporters make mistakes. Whether it's a misspelled word or a wrong last name, editors are there to catch those pesky blunders.

In the example above, we see a simple typo that should have been caught. This can be fixed by adding the letter n to the end of the word know to make it the word known, putting it in the correct verb form.

The full article for this story can be found on Page 7 of the Nov. 25 issue of Joliet's Herald News.

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