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Maybe I should reconsider editing as a career option.

  • May. 2nd, 2008 at 10:27 AM
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I missed three on this quiz "are you smarter than a spell-checker". That makes me sad. See below for the ones I missed, if you're curious.

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I missed
4 (It makes complete sense now!)
6 (How could I have missed that!)
9 (Ha! Didn't see it at all.)

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[info]luckimunki wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 05:49 pm (UTC)
I missed 'compliment' vs 'complement.' Other than that, after reading veeeerrrrrryyyy carefully, I got the others.
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[info]acsumama wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 05:50 pm (UTC)
I got them all, although a couple would have slipped by me if I didn't know there was supposed to be an error in the sentence.

Also, I would argue that "he's a real trooper" is being eggcorned into acceptability. I think when most people say it, the analogy in their head is not of a member of a theater troupe giving a good performance (which is the origin of the expression), but of military troops soldiering on despite adverse conditions.
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[info]greektoomey wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 06:23 pm (UTC)
That's the only one I would have missed if I hadn't known there was meant to be an error.

I agree about the ambiguity; c.f. Storm Trooper.
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[info]dimloep_suum wrote:
May. 3rd, 2008 04:24 am (UTC)
That's the one that got me.
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[info]box_of_rocks wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 05:52 pm (UTC)
I missed the last 3, though I thought the problem was "trouper". I just wasn't sure if there was another spelling of "trooper".
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[info]piemancer wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 06:14 pm (UTC)
Eep! I missed lead and pubic. How embarrassing!
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[info]loree_borealis wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 09:06 pm (UTC)
Me, too! :D
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[info]hatgrlstargazer wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 06:28 pm (UTC)
I learned something! I didn't know it was "trouper". Although I figured out that was probably the word that was wrong, I didn't know what the right one was. I also missed #2 and #6. I really should have got #2.
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[info]snowy_owlet wrote:
May. 2nd, 2008 06:33 pm (UTC)
If I had missed any, there would've been a problem.
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[info]mschilepepper wrote:
May. 4th, 2008 04:38 am (UTC)
Same here. I'd have gotten a visit from my high school journalism advisor. I feel certain a beacon would have flashed in the sky to alert her of my lapse in editing skill.

Good grief, I can't type today! I've done so much backspacing in this comment, I don't know whether I'm coming or going!
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(Anonymous) wrote:
May. 3rd, 2008 02:33 am (UTC)
I got them all, but like Acsu I wonder how many I would've seen if I hadn't been expecting errors.
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[info]sergeirichard wrote:
May. 3rd, 2008 02:35 am (UTC)
Oops. ^That was me.
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[info]freddlerabbit wrote:
May. 5th, 2008 12:54 pm (UTC)
I missed "Pubic" - which is sad, because my aunt made that mistake on her resume, and I use that story as a teaching tool. Bless the Prose! It makes my week happy.
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