Verb tenses shouldn't be difficult (at least not in English).
Did you know that Engadget has a moratorium against cover Monster Cable products in response to all these tactics?
Source: http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/09/monster-cable-out-of.html
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Weird....
This one just makes absolutely no sense:
Take photos of them in—camouflaged (or not) on the ATM—and then e-mail them to us at tips@gizmodo.com with the subject line "Card Skimmer Beatdown."
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5204551/card-skimmer-beatdown-we-want-you
Take photos of them in—camouflaged (or not) on the ATM—and then e-mail them to us at tips@gizmodo.com with the subject line "Card Skimmer Beatdown."
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5204551/card-skimmer-beatdown-we-want-you
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Slip of the Finger
Quotation marks always come in pairs, one to introduce the quote, one to announce the end. So it should come as no surprise, then, that I thought the article title was simply "Warning" at first glance:
The four page article "Warning" Far Cry 2 is still a broken game" details the chronology of the game's issues from the first reports of crashes to the promised patches in the Far Cry 2 forums.
In actuality, the second quotation mark should be a colon, a key which rests immediately next to the quotes on a keyboard. A simple typo, to be sure, and yet it does result in changing the meaning of the sentence, at least partially.
The four page article "Warning" Far Cry 2 is still a broken game" details the chronology of the game's issues from the first reports of crashes to the promised patches in the Far Cry 2 forums.
In actuality, the second quotation mark should be a colon, a key which rests immediately next to the quotes on a keyboard. A simple typo, to be sure, and yet it does result in changing the meaning of the sentence, at least partially.
Depressing, isn't it?
Only a day has passed since the game was announced, but Six Days in Fallujah is already stirring up controversy among veterans, families and peace groups, according to GamePolitics.
Today's post is far from exciting. A simple misplaced comma, nothing more. The truth is, the headlines recently just aren't interesting enough for me to want to read the articles, so this is the best I could find from what I've read. A depressing state of affairs, indeed.
Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/07/gleaning-potential-controversy-from-konamis-six-days-in-falluj/
Today's post is far from exciting. A simple misplaced comma, nothing more. The truth is, the headlines recently just aren't interesting enough for me to want to read the articles, so this is the best I could find from what I've read. A depressing state of affairs, indeed.
Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/07/gleaning-potential-controversy-from-konamis-six-days-in-falluj/
Sunday, April 5, 2009
2 for the price of 1!
The Pwn or Die blog, though far from being "professional" journalism, should still hold itself to the standards of English language. In this post, I found two glaring mistakes:
In the early stages their would be few Zombies that are slower, but as you advance so do the undead.
Then later:
We would however love to see one added.
Though not as glaring as the their/there/they're mistake in the first post, the omission of commas to set off the interjection 'however' is quite erroneous.
Source: http://www.pwnordie.com/blog/posts/14749
In the early stages their would be few Zombies that are slower, but as you advance so do the undead.
Then later:
We would however love to see one added.
Though not as glaring as the their/there/they're mistake in the first post, the omission of commas to set off the interjection 'however' is quite erroneous.
Source: http://www.pwnordie.com/blog/posts/14749
Again with the names!
This one comes from the headline of a recent post. Proper names are something to be extra careful with.
Source: http://www.myextralife.com/2009/04/02/brett-farve-playing-nes-on-the-day-he-was-drafted/
Brett Farve playing NES on the day he was drafted
This particular name has given many reporters problems, but you'd expect they'd have it by now.Source: http://www.myextralife.com/2009/04/02/brett-farve-playing-nes-on-the-day-he-was-drafted/
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April Fool's!
Another typo from Kotaku:
Japanese magazine Famitsu goes on sale on Friday, so often new titles are announced them.
Source: http://kotaku.com/5193103/is-tri+ace-announcing-a-new-multi+plaform-rpg
Japanese magazine Famitsu goes on sale on Friday, so often new titles are announced them.
Source: http://kotaku.com/5193103/is-tri+ace-announcing-a-new-multi+plaform-rpg
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