Thursday, August 31, 2006

Bad D, Seriously


Bad D, Seriously
Originally uploaded by cbg_rocketfever.
We've taken to luring writers guilty of egregious apostrophe errors into the proofreading room, where Derek dons the Mask of Anger and forces them into the Pit of Everlasting Regret.

So, remember, apostrophes denote possession or contraction, NOT plurals. And if you've never gotten the apostrophe-s/s-apostrophe thing down, well, you're in trouble.

13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Oakland A's beg to differ.

1:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's come to this: Will you TOSC-ers please remind "Jamie" to turn his Best of LA copy in already? He's been M.I.A. these past few days. If any of you see him skulking around the proof reading room, for God's sake bug him about the four articles he owes me!

And to legitimize this post, I ask you: Is proof reading one word...or two?

1:36 AM  
Blogger The Narrator said...

Now now, let's not resort to personal attacks on TOSC. We're all about the love here.

1. Pat, I'm trying to bring the people along slowly. If I clue them in right now that apostrophes can also be used to denote plurals of numbers and letters, it'll blow they're minds. Baby steps.

2. "Proofreading" is one word. And, despite what some of my associates say, "copy editing" will now and forever be two words.

10:30 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't forget the Irish.

8:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Question

(I tried and failed to paste an image of the logo for the new Fox show "'TIL DEATH" here)

Does it make you mad that Fox's billboards for 'Til Death have the apostrophe upside-down, knowing that the guy who designed the ad and the proofreader who works for FOX both make more per week than the four TOSC-ers (and myself) combined?

Libby

3:20 PM  
Blogger The Narrator said...

Shane: Ay, that's a fine point.

Libby: Not only that, but it would be a bit more proper to use "Till" sted "'Til."

8:59 AM  
Blogger Oliver said...

Craig—"blow they're minds" was a joke, right?

8:50 AM  
Blogger The Narrator said...

Oliver:

I wish. These are the perils of operating a copy editor blog. But knowing is half the battle and all that rot, so I'll just have to do better next time.

9:41 AM  
Blogger Oliver said...

(Commences monkey-like hooting and hollering)

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