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Posts Tagged 'typo'
Costly Punctuation [video]
Published March 8, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: grammar, punctuation, typo, video
Many Errors In Scientific Papers Blamed On Excel’s AutoCorrect
Published September 6, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: accuracy, Auto-correct, Autocorrect, biology, error, Excel, genetics, genomics, Microsoft Office, research, scientific papers, software, Thanks AutoCorrect, typo
Excel is partially responsible for errors in 20 percent of scientific papers dealing with genes, according to a new study. In an effort to “raise awareness of the problem,” three scientists published findings that suggest one-fifth of all scientific papers about genes contain detrimental typos due to an Excel default setting that converts gene names to dates or numbers.
White Out? That’s Not White Out! [comic]
Published June 28, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bird droppings, cartoon, comic, correction fluid, critic, editor, funny, humor, newspaper, pic, poop, revision, typo, White Out, Wite Out, Ziggy
‘Creating Botanical Plagues’ (?) PBS Can Be So Helpful [pic]
Published October 14, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: b.organic, conservation, Create Botanical Plague, creative, funny, humor, Michele Beschen, PBS, pic, picture, public broadcasting, Public TV, TV Guide, typo
An Oct. 14, 2011 TV listing from TVGuide.com
Rapper Cooolio’s Latest Tattoo Is Misspelled
Published June 8, 2010 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Coolio, ICP, juggalos, Rapper, tattoo, typo
According to TMZ –
The body art was supposed to be an homage to ICP fans — who call themselves “juggalos.” Coolio’s tattoo reads “Jugalo Cool” — ironically one ‘G’ shy of actually being cool. The “Angsta’s Paradise” rapper isn’t losing any sleep — telling TMZ the typo was done on purpose and he doesn’t plan to fix it.
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