tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214352465674633266.post1255608426774208270..comments2023-04-05T11:57:58.600-04:00Comments on A. Parker Burroughs: Today's gripeMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13612323587459830074noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214352465674633266.post-82571043621363563342008-07-30T17:31:00.000-04:002008-07-30T17:31:00.000-04:00Mistakes are made and we are not perfect....I ofte...Mistakes are made and we are not perfect....I often laugh at the quality of typos and such but agree that since our education system has often failed us as a society...it only makes sense to have these types of issues...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214352465674633266.post-68170187937986433712008-07-30T13:42:00.000-04:002008-07-30T13:42:00.000-04:00ain't that tha truth?ain't that tha truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214352465674633266.post-27522687073504442522008-07-30T13:06:00.000-04:002008-07-30T13:06:00.000-04:00I'm often asked, "Don't you people have proof read...I'm often asked, "Don't you people have proof readers!?" No, we don't. Proof readers went out with, well, proofs. When we stopped sending our copy out to the back shop to be set by compositors, who then sent the proofs back - in other words, when computers came in - there were no proofs to be read. Suddenly, editors and writers had to not just write and edit, but set copy, fit it all into the pages and perform the tasks once done by proof readers.<BR/>Naturally, the quality of the copy declined. Speed and software have helped restore some of that quality, but we can't compete with a time when twice as many people were involved in the process.<BR/>Making matters worse has been the decline in emphasis on grammar and spelling in our education system since the 1970s.Park Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653759670285239020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214352465674633266.post-48390998713057417272008-07-30T12:32:00.000-04:002008-07-30T12:32:00.000-04:00Seems no one proofreads anymore...I see errors in ...Seems no one proofreads anymore...I see errors in both the O-R and Post-Gazette that a proof reader would have caught. Do papers rely solely on spell-check these days? (I know I have probably misspelled some words here!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2214352465674633266.post-32404357099168805382008-07-30T10:09:00.000-04:002008-07-30T10:09:00.000-04:00:) You mess with the bull--you get the horns!:) You mess with the bull--you get the horns!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com