Help Wanted: Copy Editor for Illinois Guv
June 26th, 2008 at 12:25pm Aaron Chambers
Gov. Rod Blagojevich today issued a statement to express his displeasure with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that individuals — folks unconnected with service in a militia — have the right to possess guns.
Only, the governor’s brief statement included at least two apparent typographical errors. It also was missing an apostrophe.
Can you find the errors? Here’s the governor’s statement:
Statement from Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich
On the Supreme Court Ruling on Gun-Control Law
CHICAGO – “I want express my extreme disappointment with the decision issued today by the Supreme Court. Every day, around the country, too many lives are lost to senseless gun violence. The Courts decision today will only add to the pain that parents, classmates and communities are forced to endure. It will also put more police officers at risk. I am an advocate for common sense gun laws. Gun laws that save lives, protect communities and offer greater safety protections for police officers. I look forward to working the Illinois General Assembly to provide additional protections for Illinois communities.”
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Jason Clint | June 26th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I think it’s pathetic that RRSTAR would rather point out typographical errors than encourage the discussion of the content of the governor’s statement. Namely, that creating more restrictions on guns will only affect the law-abiding. It will in now way reduce the damage guns do by people who do not care of the current legal status of their gun posession and use.
2. Mike | June 26th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
The first sentence is missing the word “to.” It looks pretty bad when you’re missing a word in the first sentence, but I actually had to read it twice to find it. My brain just inserted the missing word.
It should be the Court’s decision, not “the Courts decision.”
There is also a fragment that begins “Gun laws that save lives.” If the writer is transcribing the statement, he or she should embrace the em dash and connect the fragment to the previous sentence.
3. Bookworm | June 26th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Also, the last sentence should say “I look forward to working WITH the Illinois General Assembly…”
On second thought, this is Blago speaking and maybe he intended it to read “I look forward to working OVER the Illinois General Assembly…”
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