Comments on: U. S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Stages a Coup

by: Jim Kirk

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:37:51 +0000

Appreciate your swift reply, but you know, a spell checker wouldn’t have been of any use, since “coupe” is spelled correctly. It was simply out of context, and to catch that sort of error requires eyeballs and a decent brain behind them.

Years ago, I spent a decade working as a typesetter for a printing company. And, as I worked the midnight shift, I had to learn to proof my own work (not an easy task, as I’m sure you know!) and I like to say that I can spot a typo from 20 paces away (it used to be 50 paces, but my eyes aren’t as good as they used to be…).

Incidently, your site was a recommendation from JumboJoke.com out of ThisIsTrue.com.

I shall subscribe and will be working my way through your earlier posts. I like your writing.

Jim

by: Annie

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:22:17 +0000

Gah, darned spell-checkers - thanks, Jim! Fixed.

by: Jim Kirk

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:18:56 +0000

Ahh, so he staged a “coupe,” did he? Actually that statement would be more appropriate to the forthcoming bailout of the auto manufacturers, as a coupe (pronounced “coop”) is a type of car, as opposed to a coup (pronounced “coo”) which is an attempted take-over of an organization (e.g., a coup d’etat, which is when a group attempts to take over a State).
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“[W]hy can’t copywriters..you know…write?” The answer, of course, is that copywriters are a dying breed, just like copyeditors, fact checkers and proofreaders.

Jim
(an out-of-work proofreader and occasional copyeditor)

by: Brian Berg

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:44:42 +0000

…”how well-written she is”? I assume this was a purposeful slip of the keys?

Thanks for the posting, but your English are terrible!

Brian

p.s. my captcha string is spelys