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From msn. An article about a woman in Colorado who was arrested for murder:
She was taken into custody and cooked at the Garfield County Jail.
Archae
(46,327 posts)Message boards including here are notorious for bad spellers or using "auto-correct" that puts the wrong words in.
LiberalFighter
(50,928 posts)gab13by13
(21,337 posts)I listen to people on TV constantly use the plural instead of the singular, especially sports announcers, e.g. the team is on "their" way to the playoffs.
allegorical oracle
(2,357 posts)I've been a copy editor and I can tell you that English usage is declining.
highplainsdem
(48,978 posts)now and then I'll get a good laugh from a really imaginative misspelling.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)The sloppiness still annoys me.👎🏼
cbabe
(3,541 posts)copyediting a lost profession.
Robo-journalism, AI generated stories, are more common than commonly known. Used by AP, Reuters, LA Times
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I love writing. Hurts to see it so debased.