Comments on: Valleywag: he think he can sell http://www.sampletheweb.com/2006/04/28/valleywag-he-think-he-can-sell/ Whispering sweet nothings into the internet's ear since May of 2002. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:36:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: c.k. http://www.sampletheweb.com/2006/04/28/valleywag-he-think-he-can-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-4980 c.k. Tue, 02 May 2006 13:19:57 +0000 http://www.sampletheweb.com/2006/04/28/valleywag-he-think-he-can-sell/#comment-4980 Ah, but if you're reading the RSS feed for the Calacanis string on VW, this post's rather glaring error (at least to any grammar nut) was sitting directly beneath the post decrying Jason's typo. So, in that context, it was a pretty funny bit of irony on its own, I thought. Don't close shop, though. ;-) Ah, but if you’re reading the RSS feed for the Calacanis string on VW, this post’s rather glaring error (at least to any grammar nut) was sitting directly beneath the post decrying Jason’s typo. So, in that context, it was a pretty funny bit of irony on its own, I thought.

Don’t close shop, though. ;-)

]]> By: Nick Douglas http://www.sampletheweb.com/2006/04/28/valleywag-he-think-he-can-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-4972 Nick Douglas Tue, 02 May 2006 07:19:46 +0000 http://www.sampletheweb.com/2006/04/28/valleywag-he-think-he-can-sell/#comment-4972 Well, you got me. My random missed plural deep in a story is equivalent to his particularly ironic misspelled headline, sitting like an embarrassing floater on top of his blog. Damn, I'll have to shut down the shop. Well, you got me. My random missed plural deep in a story is equivalent to his particularly ironic misspelled headline, sitting like an embarrassing floater on top of his blog.

Damn, I’ll have to shut down the shop.

]]> By: Sample the Web » Bloggers and writing as a social act… http://www.sampletheweb.com/2006/04/28/valleywag-he-think-he-can-sell/comment-page-1/#comment-4949 Sample the Web » Bloggers and writing as a social act… Sun, 30 Apr 2006 17:05:24 +0000 http://www.sampletheweb.com/2006/04/28/valleywag-he-think-he-can-sell/#comment-4949 [...] Speaking of typos in blogging, check out this Wired article about the effects (affects?) of blogging on the quality of writing. I have, for quite some time, been concerned about this issue. Writing and language is a social activity and considering how inherently social a phenomenon blogging is, I cringe whenever I see a blog post that says “then” when the person meant “than” or “its” when the person meant “it’s” or any of a hundred errors being passed along communally. [...] [...] Speaking of typos in blogging, check out this Wired article about the effects (affects?) of blogging on the quality of writing. I have, for quite some time, been concerned about this issue. Writing and language is a social activity and considering how inherently social a phenomenon blogging is, I cringe whenever I see a blog post that says “then” when the person meant “than” or “its” when the person meant “it’s” or any of a hundred errors being passed along communally. [...]

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