Sent this concerning proof reading...

I was sent this as an e-mail after writing the piece on pore and poor. I thought I would post it. Cheers, Rockinon. The layout is because I was unable to modify the source code to improve the presentation. Sorry. It is e-mail code and not Internet page code.

Proofreading is a dying art

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter   This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this.  It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!!  They put in a correction the next day. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says   No kidding, really? Ya think?   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers     Now that's taking things a bit far!     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over   What a guy!     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Miners Refuse to Work after Death   No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant    See if that works any better than a fair trial!     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- War Dims Hope for Peace     I can see where it might have that effect!    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile   Ya think?!   ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures     Who would have thought!    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide     They may be on to something!   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges     You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge     He probably IS the battery charge!   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group    Weren't they fat enough?!   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft    That's what he gets for eating those beans!    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Kids Make Nutritious Snacks    Do they taste like chicken?  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Local  High School Dropouts Cut in Half     Chainsaw Massacre all over again!    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors    Boy, are they tall!  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   And the winner is.... Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead      Did I read that right?  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I thought the doctors had seven feet - kinda like a spider that got short changed.