You would think that with all the copy editors working at a newspaper/magazine, passing articles back and forth for continuous rewrites and examinations, that no mistakes would ever make it to print. But that's not the case now is it, I am almost exhausted talking about it to be honest. The amount of errors me and my classmates have been forced to research has certainly been exhausted by this point. But this may be necessary to highlight just how many errors actually go unnoticed.
The Edmonton Journal just posted an article on their website about disgruntled Oiler defenceman Sheldon Souray. The line in question is: "where an Oilers played talked to Spector back in November 2008 about what a bad coach Craig MacTavish was." The word "played" is supposed to be "player". Spell check wouldn't have caught that, that's the copy editors job or at least the authors'.
This the main problem with writing for the online world. The pressure of getting the news up online and ahead of other news agencies is the main contributor to grammatical errors. Online news is fantastic but it's getting to the point where you read at least two errors everyday. But that's the reality of the online world. Everything must be up now!
Kate Elliott wrote in her blog "Check it" that: "The problem is sometimes the error made is something not blatantly noticeable to the eyes of the general public." This is very true. The error I posted is a textbook case of a problem being so small that only a person looking for errors can actually point them out. But they're errors nonetheless and when you're a payed writer or editor, you should make sure your work is flawless
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