Why the World Will Always Need Proofreaders

From the failblog

This scan reminded me of something that once crossed my desktop that I almost didn’t catch. In an article to get people to volunteer to teach English, one sentence read, “Let’s do our part to help stamp out literacy.”

  • http://www.matthewirvine.com Matthew Irvine

    Ha ha! Sounds a lot like, “End women’s sufferage!”

  • http://www.matthewirvine.com Matthew Irvine

    Erk! I stamped out literacy… suffrage is the word.

  • Brooke Keeler

    haha…oh my, that made me laugh out loud! It does not bode well for continued improvements in the literacy of Mississippi…