Saturday, February 23, 2008

JOUR 61: Copy Edit the World

From Menu for Pho Hoa Restaurants

Both are comma errors:

Wrong:

5. Phở Tái, Nạm
Noodle soup with eye round steak, well-done flank.

Correct:

5. Phở Tái, Nạm
Noodle soup with eye round steak and well-done flank.


Wrong:

10. Phở Tái, Nạm, Gân
Noodle soup with tendon, flank, and eye round steak.

Correct:

10. Phở Tái, Nạm, Gân
Noodle soup with tendon, flank and eye round steak.

From Fox News Online

This is a dateline error, Baghdad stands alone in datelines:

Wrong:

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The flakes melted quickly.

Correct:

BAGHDAD — The flakes melted quickly.