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General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: CLKD on May 22, 2016, 05:06:13 PM
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Has anyone noticed how little real 'editing' is done in newspapers/magazines etc..
After the awful plane crash late last week, the Daily Telegraph on Friday had a heading:
"Plane span 360 degrees before falling from sky" :-\
:-[
I often point out to Himself inconsistencies across all forms of written media, from local 'rags' to hi-end publications. I also proof read books .
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Is it the word "span" which is bothering you? Although it is very rare nowadays to see this in print - apart from in Harry Potter books (discussed at our school recently) it is still, apparently, a valid past tense of spin. Very old English though.
Taz x
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I never knew that and I have A Level English. I would have said 'spun'.
But CLKD is right in that I find more spelling mistakes in books and papers these days.
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Yes I forgot to say I agree! Proof reading is a dying art - not much work around. Do you do online proof reading CLKD?
Taz x
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Very possibly :)
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Span is the width of a mans' hand (as in the Bible :-\)
Spun is what happens when a plane drops out of the sky or when a person is giddy after spinning …….
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"The RSPCA is appealing for information after a mother and two young kittens were found dumped today (May 22). "
Maybe ask the mother :-\
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Definition.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/span
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Sorry, CLKD but I think span is correct though you are also correct that it is the width of a hand. It's a particular form of the word spin.
However, you're not wrong about media editing. Most newspapers have got rid of the vast majority of their subeditors, who check and edit the reporters' copy. That means that mistakes get through much more easily. Most newspapers are so short staffed now that journalists are working even faster and checking their own work less, so leading to even more mistakes.
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You are all right :)
From the Cambridge dictionary:
span verb (SPIN)
› past simple of spin
span noun (LENGTH)
› [C] the length of something from one end to the other:
huge wings with a span of over a metre
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It is very complicated as we found out in school the other week. This conjugates it in all tenses - span or spun are both seen as correct. As always the English language is extremely confusing!! http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/English/spin.html
Taz x 8)
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Oh pplleease - no long words like 'conjugate' - it hurts to laugh!
Thanks Babyjane
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Hmm conjugate is a small word but.... if you want a long word maybe antidisestablishmentarianism would help. ;D ;D
Maybe we should start a thread of headline bloopers!
Taz x
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::)
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:rofl:
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Glad that I no longer have to 'do' shorthand ::)
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What does the word 'silhouette' mean to you?
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The shape of a person or object, with no detail.
Is that right? :-\
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:thankyou: I read an article on Thursday night and the writer states that the bird she was watching was in silhouette and she could see all the feather patterns. Perhaps I'm being picky but where was the Editor …… I was planning on taking out a subscription for this particular magazine but have changed my mind! She probably meant 'in profile' …… however >:(
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