14 Responses to “Always Proofread”

1. David H. Says:
   April 16th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

   It can never be said TOO often…proofread! That way your work doesn’t look like it was done by a 3rd grader. I know too many adults who think that correct spelling is not something to care about.

2. Danny Says:
   April 16th, 2007 at 1:58 pm

   Here’s another example for ya:

   http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2007/04/run_easy_and_sp.html

3. Peter Marquardt Says:
   April 16th, 2007 at 2:28 pm

   This is another great example:
   http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2006/12/the_impotence_of_proofing_1.php

   And for all the german speaking readers of this blog I have another one:
   http://www.lemotox.de/post.php?ID=81

4. Aaron Says:
   April 16th, 2007 at 5:48 pm

   Ah this has made my day - thanks so much for posting it.

   I work in marketing so have been there and got the t-shirt, so to speak. Superb post

5. Herbert Says:
   April 16th, 2007 at 10:44 pm

   I think the Reebok one might have been planned viral marketing.

6. Jochen Says:
   April 17th, 2007 at 5:06 am

   no way???
   you think so???

   like duh

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   April 17th, 2007 at 9:11 am

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8. Herbert Says:
   April 18th, 2007 at 6:47 am

   Jochen, are you making fun of me?

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   April 19th, 2007 at 6:21 am

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11. Mark Says:
    May 5th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    At least the second letter isn’t an “A” but non the less it’s WAY too close to THAT word OUCCH!!!!!

12. Mark Says:
    May 5th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    Also thank goodness they DIDN’T forget the “R”

13. raskuz Says:
    May 25th, 2007 at 5:18 am

    I think the copywriter already have the rationale to cover-up the mistake.

14. The Importance of English Usage and Proofreading Says:
    March 8th, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    […] Depending on the situation, some types of errors that are not corrected in time can wind up causing you much embarrassment later and can even make you look stupid. For example, if you look closely at the image in the upper left of this page, you can see that the words across the front of the basketball players’ T-shirts read “West Virgina” instead of the correct name West Virginia. While I’m not exactly sure what a “virgina” is, I can think of two very similarly spelled words that provide some interesting mental associations. The original photo can be found at Ad Goodness. […]