Football Meets a Copyeditor

Published January 31, 2012 Grammar Girl 7 Comments
Tags: cartoon, Grammar Girl

In honor of the Super Bowl, I present a copyeditor who takes things a little too far:

Note: Entry 6.18 in The Chicago Manual of Style covers the serial comma.

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1 Walt January 31, 2012 at 4:05 pm

In the 14th edition, 6.18 is about plurals. Have they renumbered? (I don’t use the Chicago Manual in my everyday work.)

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2 mignonfogarty January 31, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Yes, they renumbered the sections in the new edition. It made me sad.

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3 Christie January 31, 2012 at 5:48 pm

Old Testament vs New Testament, then?

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- 4 Phil January 31, 2012 at 8:14 pm
  
  More like the differences between the Greek and Hebrew numbering systems of the Hebrew scriptures. (I’m a bit of a Bible geek.)
  
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5 Adrienne Montgomerie (@sciEditor) January 31, 2012 at 7:05 pm

This gets hilariouser with each comment.

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- 6 colleenmoorewriter January 31, 2012 at 9:12 pm
  
  hilariouser? love it!
  
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7 ราคาบอล February 18, 2012 at 1:11 pm

Ha Ha i love it.

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