6.04.2007

Yeah, Associated Press!

Two examples of poor proofreading courtesy of the AP (from a single article on the website of the Charlotte Observer):
"It was the Lord that got me through that," [John] Edwards said, along with both of his wife's cancer diagnoses.
Perhaps "Edwards said" could have been moved to the end of the sentence so it wouldn't sound as if the cancer diagnoses were speaking along with Edwards.
"The danger of using good verses evil in the context of war is that it may lead us to be not as critical as we should about our own actions," Obama said to applause.
As I skimmed the article and the phrase "good verses" caught my eye, I momentarily thought that Obama must be referring to Scripture passages about war. How about "versus"?

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