Comments on: Floundering http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56 The Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL) hits the road. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:45:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: creditcardnegotiationinfo.com http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-37330 creditcardnegotiationinfo.com Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:46:13 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-37330 <strong>Consumer Credit...</strong> hey cool site.... Consumer Credit…

hey cool site….

]]> By: alison http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-26685 alison Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:42:06 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-26685 rats, the 'href' didn't work! http://www.indospectrum.com/photo/cd022_cigar_store_fishermans_wharf rats, the ‘href’ didn’t work!

http://www.indospectrum.com/photo/cd022_cigar_store_fishermans_wharf

]]> By: alison http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-26682 alison Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:40:58 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-26682 ahhhh.. i live in seattle, and often notice the same errors. i've been known to fix a few, but now i'm ready to go full force after reading about you guys! alas... you guys missed this one down by the wharf!! i told the owner about it a year ago (almost to the date) -- he was puzzled by my concern, but grateful in the end. who knows if anything was done. perhaps you can check up on it when you're down there next time? <a href="http://www.indospectrum.com/photo-link/cd022_cigar_store_fishermans_wharf" rel="nofollow"></a> ahhhh.. i live in seattle, and often notice the same errors. i’ve been known to fix a few, but now i’m ready to go full force after reading about you guys! alas… you guys missed this one down by the wharf!! i told the owner about it a year ago (almost to the date) — he was puzzled by my concern, but grateful in the end. who knows if anything was done. perhaps you can check up on it when you’re down there next time?

]]> By: Elmer http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-2718 Elmer Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:02:33 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-2718 The problem with being a prescriptive grammarian is that the mistakes you are correcting, whether typos or anything else, are only mistakes if the author is committed to the same standards as you are. The conventional ending for plurals could have just as easily been apostrophe-s, and the spelling of many words could have been different. If you've ever read texts in the history of English, you will see that the benefits of a standard is clear, but trying to get people to adhere to it 100% of the time is unreasonable. Why not go around correcting everyone that says 'who' instead of 'whom'? I would suggest that, like typos and misspellings, these 'mistakes' rarely impede our understanding of the sentence. The problem with being a prescriptive grammarian is that the mistakes you are correcting, whether typos or anything else, are only mistakes if the author is committed to the same standards as you are. The conventional ending for plurals could have just as easily been apostrophe-s, and the spelling of many words could have been different. If you’ve ever read texts in the history of English, you will see that the benefits of a standard is clear, but trying to get people to adhere to it 100% of the time is unreasonable. Why not go around correcting everyone that says ‘who’ instead of ‘whom’? I would suggest that, like typos and misspellings, these ‘mistakes’ rarely impede our understanding of the sentence.

]]> By: Jennifer dG http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1960 Jennifer dG Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:07:05 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1960 Well, Andrew, that would mean deleting only the part of the post that calls on people to email you and replacing it with a notice that the issue has been resolved, not "deleting this entry in its entirety," as you suggested. But I am in agreement with other posters that the Cartoon Art Museum does good work and you've done a great job in resolving the problem. Well, Andrew, that would mean deleting only the part of the post that calls on people to email you and replacing it with a notice that the issue has been resolved, not “deleting this entry in its entirety,” as you suggested.

But I am in agreement with other posters that the Cartoon Art Museum does good work and you’ve done a great job in resolving the problem.

]]> By: Mark S http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1922 Mark S Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:59:13 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1922 'Well balanced' is actually a very important phrase in coffee tasting! ‘Well balanced’ is actually a very important phrase in coffee tasting!

]]> By: John http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1775 John Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:12:02 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1775 Man, now I feel bad about emailing that guy to have the typos fixed. He doesn't seem very happy about it...I wonder how many of these he had to send out... John, The typographical errors in question were brought to my attention yesterday, and have been corrected. Unfortunately, due to simple human oversight, we provided our local copy shop with an uncorrected version of our exhibition text, and until our patrons pointed out this mistake, we were, for obvious reasons, unable to take actions to correct it. I am sorry if this in any way affected your museum-going experience, but rest assured, we will be all the more diligent with our future exhibitions. Best regards, Andrew Farago -- Gallery Manager/Curator Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) CAR-TOON, ext. 314 www.cartoonart.org Man, now I feel bad about emailing that guy to have the typos fixed. He doesn’t seem very happy about it…I wonder how many of these he had to send out…

John,

The typographical errors in question were brought to my attention yesterday, and have been corrected. Unfortunately, due to simple human oversight, we provided our local copy shop with an uncorrected version of our exhibition text, and until our patrons pointed out this mistake, we were, for obvious reasons, unable to take actions to correct it.

I am sorry if this in any way affected your museum-going experience, but rest assured, we will be all the more diligent with our future exhibitions.

Best regards,

Andrew Farago
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Gallery Manager/Curator
Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) CAR-TOON, ext. 314
http://www.cartoonart.org

]]> By: sophe http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1768 sophe Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:22:19 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1768 I'm responding to Pollyvousfrancais' post -- honey, don't get me started on the whole French to English thang* -- I just started working for the US subsidiary of a company that's headquartered in France and you should see the English section of our website; it'll take me years to get it all cleaned up! (*yes, that's a real word and its real spelling - it's urban vernacular for "thing" with a whole lot of attitude, snap!) I’m responding to Pollyvousfrancais’ post — honey, don’t get me started on the whole French to English thang* — I just started working for the US subsidiary of a company that’s headquartered in France and you should see the English section of our website; it’ll take me years to get it all cleaned up!

(*yes, that’s a real word and its real spelling - it’s urban vernacular for “thing” with a whole lot of attitude, snap!)

]]> By: sophe http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1765 sophe Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:11:40 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1765 After sending my own email about the typos to Mr. Farago, I received a personal response that the information had already been corrected. I'm impressed by his quick resolution - which I'm sure you don't see much from this soapbox. So I say let's applaud his efforts rather than beat this horse any longer. Many thanks, Mr. Farago, I think your efforts today speak volumes about your commitment to your work, and to the artists and communities you serve. After sending my own email about the typos to Mr. Farago, I received a personal response that the information had already been corrected. I’m impressed by his quick resolution - which I’m sure you don’t see much from this soapbox. So I say let’s applaud his efforts rather than beat this horse any longer.

Many thanks, Mr. Farago, I think your efforts today speak volumes about your commitment to your work, and to the artists and communities you serve.

]]> By: Andrew Farago http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1756 Andrew Farago Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:41:49 +0000 http://www.greattypohunt.com/teal/blog/?p=56#comment-1756 There's nothing "fishy" about it. Mr. Deck had a complaint, he made his complaint, his complaint was resolved, and I'd rather not have to deal with the vitriolic and speculative emails that are still trickling into my inbox from people who aren't aware that the situation has been resolved. The more time I spend dealing with dead issues, the less time I have to spend on other, more important work. There’s nothing “fishy” about it.

Mr. Deck had a complaint, he made his complaint, his complaint was resolved, and I’d rather not have to deal with the vitriolic and speculative emails that are still trickling into my inbox from people who aren’t aware that the situation has been resolved. The more time I spend dealing with dead issues, the less time I have to spend on other, more important work.

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