Proofreader wanted


Has anyone else noticed the erosion of literacy in today's magazines?
Two recent examples:
1. The January Sound&Vision is reviewing a new $8000 integrated from Yamaha.
The first sentence asks: "Are you drooling over those massive UV meters?"
(Don't they mean VU meters?)
2. Another review (can't remember the source) describes some speakers as
"immanently listenable". I think they meant "eminently listenable".
Cowabunga!
dweller

Showing 1 response by almarg

Perhaps the proofreader was a spellcheck program. "Immanent" is actually a word, as are "imminent" and "eminent" of course. See eminent/imminent/immanent.

Sadly, both errors pale in comparison to the erosion of literacy that is commonly seen these days in emails and internet posts. I suspect that over-reliance on spellcheckers is to blame in some cases, but only in a minority of them.

Regards,
-- Al
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