Hello and welcome to my new blog: a diary detailing my professional life as a proofreader. I’ve been a proofreader for just over a year now, working for a theatrical programme publisher, and even now I’m still learning the intricacies of the English language. Having said that, it still amazes me how much work comes through to me that contains the most elementary of errors.
Therefore, I thought it would be an intriguing idea to highlight some of the more striking and occasionally amusing mistakes and typos that arise in my job on an almost daily basis: the erroneous apostrophes, the dangling participles, the egregious misuse of the semi-colon and the way advertisers feel to need to Capitalise Every Single Word. I will also post links to bloopers on websites and online newspapers as I spot them, which just goes to show that even the professional writers and sub-editors in Fleet Street make mistakes.
Oh, and the eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed the deliberate spelling mistake in the title of this entry. Well done, it should say diary - although I do enjoy the odd cold glass of milk and the idea of owning my own dairy is appealing...
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