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Typo in the New York Times

Posted in Language, Oddly... by Elliott Back on September 4th, 2006.

There’s a typo in one of today’s NYT Editorials, California’s Condom Bill:

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You’d think that a newpaper like the New York Times could devote staff to proofreading articles before publication, but I guess not.  Even my little would have caught this 1-letter-off mistake.

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2 Responses to “Typo in the New York Times”

  1. Si says:

    “Even my little would have caught this 1-letter-off mistake.”

    Now that’s ironic!

  2. Tim says:

    I found a worse one. I’ve linked back to this article, so you don’t just think I’m shamelessly self-promoting. http://www.usuallyprettyfunny.com/2009/06/new-york-times-typo.html

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