My attempts to stop literals popping up in copy that I have subbed mean I'm a day late to this particular mock-the-Daily-Mail party.
But comparison of the first (top) and second (above) versions of the shouty WOB (white-on-black) furniture serves as a painful reminder to all of us handling the written word in a rush: there is a universal rule of journalism that stories about illiteracy are subject to typo karma.
And of course I've read these few lines through a ridiculously obsessive number of times because I know I'm in danger of overlooking my own typos or worse.
But comparison of the first (top) and second (above) versions of the shouty WOB (white-on-black) furniture serves as a painful reminder to all of us handling the written word in a rush: there is a universal rule of journalism that stories about illiteracy are subject to typo karma.
And of course I've read these few lines through a ridiculously obsessive number of times because I know I'm in danger of overlooking my own typos or worse.
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