Ok, shouldn't this read "Uncertain but Optimistic "?
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It's SO embarrassing. I was just debating sending another note to the editor when I saw your post. Does no one check copy anymore?
It could be:
Uncertain, but optomistic - both adjectives
or
Uncertainty, but optomism - both nouns
It's called parallel construction, and apparently no one at the TD has heard of it.
Oh, and thanks, Fox, for pointing out Trevor Stoke's mispelling of Shoal Creek. Tell your friend SS that she needs to do a column on it.
Uncertain, but optomistic - both adjectives
or
Uncertainty, but optomism - both nouns
It's called parallel construction, and apparently no one at the TD has heard of it.
Oh, and thanks, Fox, for pointing out Trevor Stoke's mispelling of Shoal Creek. Tell your friend SS that she needs to do a column on it.
quote:Originally posted by FirenzeVeritas:
It could be:
Uncertain, but optomistic - both adjectives
or
Uncertainty, but optomism - both nouns
It's called parallel construction, and apparently no one at the TD has heard of it.
Oh, and thanks, Fox, for pointing out Trevor Stoke's mispelling of Shoal Creek. Tell your friend SS that she needs to do a column on it.
You might want to spell optimistic and optimism correctly in your own post before you critique others for the lack of a parallel construction.
Sorry--I don't type well after working a ten hour shift. Actually, I don't type well at any time.
At any rate, you will usually see 99 typos to 1 grammatical error in my writing.
Tell me, did you find the title of the article to enhance our local newspaper or our community?
At any rate, you will usually see 99 typos to 1 grammatical error in my writing.
Tell me, did you find the title of the article to enhance our local newspaper or our community?
I understand. My own spelling is atrocious.
The title of the article enhanced our local newspaper's poor reputation.
The title of the article enhanced our local newspaper's poor reputation.
OK, glad to know it wasn't just me. I looked at that title and thought, "Huh"? Then I read it and still couldn't figure out if it was intentional.
I know I'm no English major, but, that is just downright dumb.
I thought it was going to be a story about blind dating and they misspelled "butt".
Kat660
New Kid on the Block
Posted 04 January 2009 01:12 PM Hide Post
OK, glad to know it wasn't just me. I looked at that title and thought, "Huh"? Then I read it and still couldn't figure out if it was intentional.
Kat...just like you, I'm glad to know it wasn't just me (or us). When I saw the title tonight I asked my husband, "shouldn't that be optimistic?". I also read the article to try to make it make sense to no avail. Perhaps I just "pet peeve" things like this but I have heard throughout the holidays-"drive safe" and it drives me nuts!
New Kid on the Block
Posted 04 January 2009 01:12 PM Hide Post
OK, glad to know it wasn't just me. I looked at that title and thought, "Huh"? Then I read it and still couldn't figure out if it was intentional.
Kat...just like you, I'm glad to know it wasn't just me (or us). When I saw the title tonight I asked my husband, "shouldn't that be optimistic?". I also read the article to try to make it make sense to no avail. Perhaps I just "pet peeve" things like this but I have heard throughout the holidays-"drive safe" and it drives me nuts!
At some point during printing, the headline was corrected. I would have thought that our copy, home delivered out in the county, would have been among the first printed, but maybe not.
