English, motherfucker! Do you speak it?

Grammar is sexy.

If you'd like to join us as a regular contributor, please drop us a note with your email address using the submission form.

~ Friday, January 13 ~
Permalink
ViciousNeutral: Should Vanity Fair Be a Spelling Vigilante?

kateoplis:

vanityfair:

Just as New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane is concerned whether his newspaper should print lies or the truth, we here at V.F. looking for reader input on whether and when Vanity Fair should spell “words” correctly in the stories we publish.

One example: the word “maintenance” seems like it should only have one “a” in it. It should be “maintenence,” right? But it’s not. So is it our job as reporters and editors to spell it correctly?

Tags: new york times NYT vanity fair journalism reporting ethics integrity truth spelling parody
311 notes
  1. phone-spying reblogged this from cheatsheet
  2. awesomeocelot reblogged this from kateoplis
  3. coffeesmokecoughy reblogged this from kateoplis
  4. marisa-schweber reblogged this from vanityfair
  5. anothersam reblogged this from vanityfair
  6. themagicappletree reblogged this from vanityfair
  7. quickbookstraining reblogged this from cheatsheet
  8. englishmotherfucker reblogged this from viciousneutral
  9. filmgirl reblogged this from vanityfair
  10. betthearm reblogged this from vanityfair
  11. friedpickles reblogged this from vanityfair
  12. noratherese reblogged this from kateoplis and added:
    “words” hahah
  13. mspmag reblogged this from vanityfair and added:
    We were wondering that too. How necessary...truth anyway? Have
  14. dysdaimon reblogged this from theawl and added:
    julioclock:vanityfair:
  15. bookwormbreakfast reblogged this from cheatsheet and added:
    I hadn’t even read the New York Times piece in question. Do so! The link is right there. And then read the Vanity Fair...
  16. youthisastateofmind reblogged this from vanityfair and added:
    Times’ idiocy I’ve seen.
  17. tumblrwright reblogged this from lunchbreak and added:
    Ummm…Did anyone actually read the New York Times article? Because if you did, you would notice that Arthur S. Brisbane...
  18. lifeexasxixknowxit reblogged this from kateoplis
  19. lifeexasxixknowxit reblogged this from kateoplis
  20. lynnmonstermash reblogged this from meganwest
  21. ibrill reblogged this from alexsegura
  22. andrewg616 reblogged this from vanityfair
reblogged via viciousneutral