Typical Newspaper Coverage

[A-37]

In this morning's Warren Tribune (OH):

"Police found a Model 088 Harrington and Richardson shotgun with its stalk sawed off..."

So what? Sounds the same....."stalk" and "stock"? Close enough for newspaper work.

 

[Robotech]

Yep, typical newspaper coverage.

This is what you get when you depend on spell-checkers, and lay off your human proof-readers/editors.

I wonder if the owners of these publications realize just how poor an impression this gives of their products, and worse, what it teaches any of a younger generation that bother to read their newspapers.

 

[pinduck]

I'll bet it will never bloom with its stalk cut off.
Glen

 

[shouldazagged]

The online news sites of our local TV stations are also replete with idiotic misspellings, atrocious grammar, etc.

Robotech nailed it. Not having competent human copy editors and proofreaders is going to lead to this kind of pathetic stuff, especially in an age when spelling and grammar are becoming arcane arts.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Heh, heh, heh. He said "arcane".

 

[vonn]

I would be surprised if the reporter and editor know what a stock is,probably stalk is unknown as well.

 

[dougb1946]

The online news sites of our local TV stations are also replete with idiotic misspellings, atrocious grammar, etc.

Robotech nailed it. Not having competent human copy editors and proofreaders is going to lead to this kind of pathetic stuff, especially in an age when spelling and grammar are becoming arcane arts.

Reading most any internet forum is proof that spelling and grammar are becoming lost arts.

 

[ditrina]

Sooo the Home and Garden columnist.. is now writing
" Headline News "

Sounds about right

 

[Robotech]

Reading most any internet forum is proof that spelling and grammar are becoming lost arts.

Excluding this one, of course.

The quality of the prose is somewhat higher here.

 

[Ghlover]

You mean spelling checkers can miss something?

 

[Robotech]

You mean spelling checkers can miss something?

Yup. They may tell you that the words are spelled correctly, but are they the right words, as the OP's example shows. Grammar checkers aren't much better.

What someone needs to develop is a "context cross-checker" as part of the spell-check function, but even that won't guarantee correct spelling and usage.

Of course, even a human editor/proof-reader is likely to make mistakes if they don't know the subject well enough to catch the errors.

 

[Harleystoo]

I have a 20 something co-worker, with a Masters, that cannot spell correctly and her grammar is poor. Getting my Masters was nothing BUT research and writing. But she does have her little iphone in front of her all the time.

 

[joeintexas]

I'll bet it will never bloom with its stalk cut off.
Glen

I know I wouldn't!!

 

[fdw]

accuracy is not essential...

 

[pineappleshooter]

In this morning's Warren Tribune (OH):

"Police found a Model 088 Harrington and Richardson shotgun with its stalk sawed off..."

So what? Sounds the same....."stalk" and "stock"? Close enough for newspaper work.

Darn spell czech!

 

[skrazo]

Mrs. McGillocutti (my third grade teacher) would have a stroke if she could see and hear how the English language is being abused these days.

 

[Doug M.]

I wrote a rant on another forum about the horrid language skills of many of my opposing counsel. I could find and copy it here, but you would have to guess a lot of the words from the context and number of **. It really gripes me, since lawyers tend to make their living by the written word.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

If firearms didn't grow on stalks, how could you believe that they can proliferate?

 

[smokey04]

pinduck, did you mean it will never boom with its stalk cut off? [sorry,I couldn't resist] Nick

 

[mooosie]

Her boss won't be embarrassed or upset because he or she doesn't no any better either


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[Krell1]

I personally had my stalk cut off........wasn't that bad. A couple months of physical therapy and psychological help and I'm just fine!

Of course, then there's the trouble with stalkers. I think these must be the guys who actually MAKE the stalks. Ask any sportsman with a rifle or other long gun what he thinks of his stalk and how he'd like to modify it. I once completely changed from one stalk to another and I liked it!

Stalk, stock, stick, stack, stuck. All apparently interchangeable.