Comments on: Help Wanted: Copy Editor for Illinois Guv http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/06/26/help-wanted-copy-editor-for-illinois-guv/ The judge will see you now. Step into Springfield Bureau Chief Aaron Chambers’ chambers for an insider’s view on Illinois politics and government. No, Chambers isn’t a real judge. At least not in the sense of wearing a robe, wielding a gavel and issuing orders. But like a good judge, Chambers tells it like it is. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:01:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Bookworm http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/06/26/help-wanted-copy-editor-for-illinois-guv/#comment-398 Bookworm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:27:28 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/06/26/help-wanted-copy-editor-for-illinois-guv/#comment-398 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..." 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…”

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/06/26/help-wanted-copy-editor-for-illinois-guv/#comment-392 Mike Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:25:24 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/06/26/help-wanted-copy-editor-for-illinois-guv/#comment-392 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. 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.

]]> By: Jason Clint http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/06/26/help-wanted-copy-editor-for-illinois-guv/#comment-391 Jason Clint Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:19:55 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/inchambers/2008/06/26/help-wanted-copy-editor-for-illinois-guv/#comment-391 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. 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.

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