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Curmudgeon complaint: Can't believe how many typos are in online stories -- WestyHokie 10/23/2020 07:56AM Same. My high school drilled writing into us. I had to turn in a 3 or 5 -- Hokie CPA 10/23/2020 12:23PM And how about owner's manuals for products made in China? Sheesh. -- Will Stewart 
10/23/2020 11:55AM Good lord. Technical writing sounds like the -- VTreddog 10/23/2020 12:02PM Yeah, the whole tech writing industry has a weird inferiority complex. -- Will Stewart
10/23/2020 12:25PM It would surprise you how you Just. Don't. See. It. When editing. -- Will Stewart
10/23/2020 11:48AM Agreed. I see egregious errors in most of what I read online these days. -- MP4VT2004 10/23/2020 11:08AM It began when they stopped offering the football phone. ** -- MEHOKIE 10/23/2020 09:49AM Back then, a newspaper reporter would have to meet say a 9pm deadline to -- Hokie360 10/23/2020 09:14AM That argues for more speed, not lack of editing and skill -- WestyHokie 10/23/2020 12:31PM Good point ** -- coshokie 10/23/2020 10:40AM Guess you can credit Baby Boomers being replaced by Millennials. -- EDGEMAN 10/23/2020 09:13AM That's certainly changed, I even suspect a lot of old school reporters -- `lag 10/23/2020 08:52AM Agreed. My belief is that news organizations have cut so much from their -- farragut 10/23/2020 08:44AM Attention to detail is lacking everywhere. I have caught myself saying, -- Vtskier1 10/23/2020 08:31AM My dad would say that every time I'd make a mistake -- Hurley09 10/23/2020 08:47AM There's no stopping El primero Hurley! :) ** -- Vtskier1 10/23/2020 08:51AM I'm not even sure people really write some of those stories -- typed by ben 10/23/2020 08:03AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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