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DBNull	Butler Looks to Be Top Dog In 2009-2010	Lead	[-]
Posts: 200 (07/01/09 07:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None http://www.indysportsnation.com/isn-063009-butler-bball,0,3121489.story Cool to read Bulldog Basketball press, but not when the writing quality and editing is garbage. To wit: "Hayward, who created a buzz through his stellar play through the USA team try-outs, isn't quite putting up the numbers he might be hoping for, with four and half points and three rebounds." Really? "Four and HALF" points? Sorry for the rant, but poor editing drives me crazy. Last Edited By: DBNull 07/01/09 07:08 AM. Edited 1 time.
Butler Bulldog		#1	[-]
Posts: 1733 (07/01/09 07:23 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That is the average over the first two exhibition games the author is referring to in the article. It was a good read with a video of Brad at the Basketball camp. Thanks for posting.
Staxawax		#2	[-]
Posts: 4292 (07/01/09 07:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	He's not referring to the average, he's referring to "four and half", which should read "four and A half". Picky....... Duck would have said "Proper English is your friend".
DBNull		#3	[-]
Posts: 201 (07/01/09 07:45 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yes, it's picky, but poor editing is a pet peeve of mine. It's particularly annoying because writers have automatic spelling & grammar checking at their fingertips.
Duck on a Rock		#4	[-]
Posts: 1912 (07/01/09 07:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	When you're paid to write or publishing something for the public eye - Ken Sothman - it's generally a good idea to proof read before hitting "upload" or "send". Get 'em Ball State alumni!
Staxawax		#5	[-]
Posts: 4294 (07/01/09 08:15 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Null, have you read articles from the Indy Star lately?
Halftime Floor Sweeper		#6	[-]
Posts: 1182 (07/01/09 08:22 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I recently read an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer where the writer described a players performance as not passing the "mustard". I just laugh it off at this point.
DBNull		#7	[-]
Posts: 202 (07/01/09 08:49 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Stax, I pretty much stopped reading the Indy Star...can I assume by your comment that the copy editing is getting worse? At most I'll browse the Indy Star headlines & read the article summary in my rss feed reader. If I want Colts news, I'll go to IndyFootballReport or Colts.com. If I want local news, I'll watch the local news on TV. Now some of you may be thinking "my god this dude's head is going to explode with all the junk posted on the 'net". Well, I give the bloggers a pass. 90% of them aren't PAID to write, so I let the grammatical errors, cliches, and spelling problems slide.
BulldogDancer81	Another one	#8	[-]
Posts: 219 (07/01/09 10:53 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	"We take a trip to Italy in a month now, we'll go to Lake Como, Venice, and Rome, you know, you talk about we want our guys too have an exceptional student experience, and this is a big part of that." DBNull I agree that poor copy editing and poor grammar are huge turn-offs. "Maybe before the season, I thought that (we'd be rebuilding), but playing with these guys in the summer and offseason, I saw that this group could really do something special,'' said Matt Howard, the sophomore forward. "So, no, I'm not really surprised.''
Duck on a Rock		#9	[-]
Posts: 1913 (07/01/09 12:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You could really keep picking and picking at this sap Ken Sothman: - He has numerous fragmented sentences throughout the article. - The word "says" is used after quotes. Any journalism major worth his/her 2 cents knows "said" is the accepted term for print media. Plus, beyond the errors already identified, I noticed two others: "But now the kids have become men almost mover night". Really Ken? Mover night? "...are representing the United States in the Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, Zealand". Where is Zealand? Sounds exotic. This article was just a very poor writing that should have never been published without an Editor's approval. Last Edited By: Duck on a Rock 07/01/09 12:36 PM. Edited 1 times.
digdadawgs		#10	[-]
Posts: 75 (07/01/09 03:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Why is this guy quoting stats from 2 scrimmages? It's meaningless.

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