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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: September 2014
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Saturday, September 06, 2014. Now Playing: "The Case of the Missing Proofreader". Here we have an "eye-catching" elegantly designed poster for a high-profile event, its precision (just look at that kerning, design nerds) and otherwise flawless execution thuggishly defaced by a rogue apostrophe. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: March 2013
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Saturday, March 30, 2013. How Many Clicks Will I Get if I use the Title "Whale Bone Porn"? Ms Pimentel told the. That her two small children — aged two and three — were needlessly exposed to the disturbing “whale bone porn.” No advance warnings were made to sensitive patrons outside the display room, she complained. I learned that certain aggress...
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: September 2013
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. The Ins and Outs of Pre-Natal Drunkenness. Emily Oster makes the case. For drinking while pregnant. No, seriously. I'm not about to get all judgemental about her pre-natal quaffing choices- lord knows if I were a pregnant woman I would find it hard not to take a few pulls at the Shiraz teat- but I will. In on" Of co...
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: Who Here Knows How to Spell "Masturbate"? A Show of Hands...
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Monday, March 24, 2014. Who Here Knows How to Spell "Masturbate"? A Show of Hands. A disturbing pattern in this week's selections on PostSecret.com reveals that onanistic skills and spelling prowess do not go hand in hand, as it were. View my complete profile. Who Here Knows How to Spell Masturbate? Arts and Letters Daily.
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: Now Playing: "The Case of the Missing Proofreader"
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Saturday, September 06, 2014. Now Playing: "The Case of the Missing Proofreader". Here we have an "eye-catching" elegantly designed poster for a high-profile event, its precision (just look at that kerning, design nerds) and otherwise flawless execution thuggishly defaced by a rogue apostrophe. View my complete profile. Arts and Letters Daily.
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: Pleading the Case for "Pleaded"
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Tuesday, August 13, 2013. Pleading the Case for "Pleaded". Performer/loathsome cretin Chris Brown is in the news again. According to a piece on The Daily Beast he suffered a seizure a few days ago, brought on by (according to his publicist) the "stress and non-stop negativity" he has to endure from people who refer to him as a loathsome cretin.
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: July 2012
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Sunday, July 15, 2012. It's one of the simplest rules in English: use a. Before a word beginning with a consonant; use an. When the following word starts with a vowel. Easy-peasy, right? Not so fast, Ben Kuzma, sportswriter for The Province. Who wrote the following in a piece about the re-signing of Canucks forward Mason Raymond:. A lovable littl...
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: You Don't Know Jack
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Sunday, February 16, 2014. You Don't Know Jack. Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre is staging a revival of "The Odd Couple" at the Stanley Theatre stage, and Province. Reviewer Paul Durras was not exactly effusive in his evaluation. In fact, the Wikipedia entry. Later in the Province. Piece, Durras tells us that Matthew "Parry" of Friends fame will be...
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions: The Ins and Outs of Pre-Natal Drunkenness
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The Sic List: Daniel Weber's Daily Catalogue of Literary Infractions. A writer doesn't die of heart failure, he dies of typographical errors" - Isaac B. Singer. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. The Ins and Outs of Pre-Natal Drunkenness. Emily Oster makes the case. For drinking while pregnant. No, seriously. I'm not about to get all judgemental about her pre-natal quaffing choices- lord knows if I were a pregnant woman I would find it hard not to take a few pulls at the Shiraz teat- but I will. In on" Of co...