http://blog.oup.com/2008/08/emense/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2008/08/emense/comment-page-1/#comment-147291 Elizabeth Foxwell Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:50:51 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2078#comment-147291 As I worked with the unassuming and witty Jeff Deck at a scholarly publisher, I can say that he is as far from a prig as you are from even-handed journalism. If you had listened to the NPR piece and seen the ABC News piece on Deck's journey, both of which occurred long before the AP piece, you would have seen and heard that Deck asked permission from those who owned such signs to make his corrections, and you would have gained a better sense of Deck's character and background. The reaction in the editing community, weary of constant "it's" for "its" and similar mistakes, has been a hearty "you go, Jeff." I would suggest performing a little research on your subjects before you write about them so you can avoid jumping to erroneous conclusions. As I worked with the unassuming and witty Jeff Deck at a scholarly publisher, I can say that he is as far from a prig as you are from even-handed journalism. If you had listened to the NPR piece and seen the ABC News piece on Deck’s journey, both of which occurred long before the AP piece, you would have seen and heard that Deck asked permission from those who owned such signs to make his corrections, and you would have gained a better sense of Deck’s character and background. The reaction in the editing community, weary of constant “it’s” for “its” and similar mistakes, has been a hearty “you go, Jeff.” I would suggest performing a little research on your subjects before you write about them so you can avoid jumping to erroneous conclusions.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/08/emense/comment-page-1/#comment-147276 mollymooly Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:43:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2078#comment-147276 Lewis and/or Clark are also fond of the rather charming spelling "tremendious". Lewis and/or Clark are also fond of the rather charming spelling “tremendious”.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/08/emense/comment-page-1/#comment-147275 GA Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:24 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2078#comment-147275 Sorry if I'm being dense -- what is the misspelling in "Hannah and Her Sister's Nail"? All I see I see is an ambiguous coordination ([[Hannah and her sister's] [nail]] vs [[Hannah] and [her sister's nail]]) that makes for a rather cutesy name -- and from the context would seem to be the source of your amusement. Sorry if I’m being dense — what is the misspelling in “Hannah and Her Sister’s Nail”? All I see I see is an ambiguous coordination ([[Hannah and her sister's] [nail]] vs [[Hannah] and [her sister's nail]]) that makes for a rather cutesy name — and from the context would seem to be the source of your amusement.

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