Friday, February 28, 2020

TYPO: Why spell checkers will never replace editors

As regular readers know, in addition to writing this column I am a freelance copy editor. One of my current projects is a book on various types of meditation. I knew I'd found my "typo of the day" when I encountered this sentence: "Moreover, by peeling back the lawyers of a lifetime of stress, we may reach our full late-life potential."
My friends' reaction was just as funny. Two attorneys wanted to know what the typo was. Two spouses of attorneys said that sentence described their marriage.

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