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About Getting Past the First Paragraph

Sometimes your writing gets no audience at all. Other times your audience won’t read beyond the headline. They’ll keep scrolling.…

always editing, edits

smh at Reuters

After 50 minutes, this wasn’t fixed in the Apple News app. So, I fixed it. Internet, you’re welcome.

always editing, edits, taking a red pen to the internet

About this editing class

I trust no one. This is why.

always editing, edits, expert fail, taking a red pen to the internet

Nouth, Sorth, or Wast

I captured this colossal fail twice in May, once in August, & walked by it daily in between. It pointed…

always editing, confusing, signage

No one will read the last sentence closely, don’t bother checking it

Axios, I’d love to work with you. I’ll catch the missing words in every part of the story. Like I…

always editing, axios

Alvina? Who dat!

Half an hour later & it still hasn’t been caught & corrected by Yahoo!

always editing, fantasy football, research

Signs Need Editors, Too

Today’s typo will likely go unnoticed, due to alcohol.

always editing, domino park, edits, signage

Too Many Tenses

I relied heavily on The Washington Post‘s Fact Checker and their tracking of Trump’s lies for a project I completed…

always editing, Joe Biden, lies, WaPo

Ozzy in Disguise

I saw him sniff the feather, and I didn’t think it would stick. But, it did. Then I doubted my…

daschorkie, dog photos, ozziest ozzy, ozzy, silkyhuahua, super senses
lowercase-a shaped dog poop

A is for Absentee Ballots

After the 2016 presidential election, then-President-elect Trump said he planned to form a committee to look into voter fraud. He…

2020 election, A is for Absentee Ballots, absentee ballots, lies, mail-in ballots, mail-in ballots vs absentee ballots, Trump, voting

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