Bill Thomas, a Philadelphia Weekly reader, sent this to me. It was, as he points out, also sent to thousands of Comcast subscribers. There are two errors in this mailing, and I just got another one from Comcast, which also has errors in it.
Get a proofreader, for heaven’s sake! That would be Comcastic.
liz | 3:15 PM | Uncategorized
Liz Spikol was born in Philadelphia sometime in the 20th century. She started writing about her experience as a person with mental illness in 1999, while employed at Philadelphia Weekly as the paper’s managing editor. Aside from serving as that paper’s web editor, music editor, staff writer, senior editor, executive editor and a host of other random roles that she couldn’t make up her mind about, she has also worked as a Spanish teacher, as a Certified Peer Specialist during Philly’s system-wide transformation and as a communications specialist for a prison reform organization. Currently, she works at the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and writes book reviews for PW. This blog — named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 and 2008 by PsychCentral — is about medications, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, OCD, PTSD, SAD (and many other acronyms), mad pride, Big Pharma, celebrities, hospitals, stigma and the recovery movement. And other stuff.
As a copyeditor myself, I find the “your” especially nauseating. In fact, I find errors in billboards and advertisements where ever I go, and it’s enough to send me into an anxious fit–something I don’t need any help with, thankyouverymuch.
With all the money I fork over to Comcast each month, I’d think they could afford a proofreader. Maybe they’re hiring. I should check around.
Another copy editor checking in. The apostrophe should also be flipped around.
As another copy editor, I have to say that I think there’s no reason for “First” to be capitalized. Also, is the sentence after “FREE!” even a complete sentence?
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