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Has anyone else noticed the erosion of literacy in today's magazines?
Two recent examples:
1. The January Sound&Vision is reviewing a new $8000 integrated from Yamaha.
The first sentence asks: "Are you drooling over those massive UV meters?"
(Don't they mean VU meters?)
2. Another review (can't remember the source) describes some speakers as
"immanently listenable". I think they meant "eminently listenable".
Cowabunga!
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Showing 1 response by kr4

I must agree. Grammatical and syntactical errors abound in all media and it never fails to confound me that news reporters, whose specific job it is to relate information clearly, cannot construct proper sentences.

However, plagiarism is more serious as it is the theft of ideas and/or product. References or statements with attribution, even a casual one, are too rare.

Spelling errors bother me less and can be amusing.

(Now, that's a grumpy way to start the day.)
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