Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Let's play: How Many Errors Can You Spot on This Event Listing on the InWilmington Website?

We all make mistakes, and I don't claim to use perfect grammar myself, but come on. Whoever wrote this needs to have someone read over her work. 

This is an event listing for Wednesdays on the Waterfront, a weekly wine-tasting cruise at Dravo Plazo.

*Reservations are strongly recommended to insure a seat.
You're not paying money to Liberty Mutual so that you get a refund should something go wrong.  The writer means ensure

*We will accept all reservation’s first if there is space available we will open to the general waiting public.  Here you have a missplaced apostrophe, as well as a run-on sentence.

*The vessel leave Dravo Dock no later than 5min after the schedule time. 
This is followed by another run-on sentence.

*In the event of in climate weather we will not operate.
The writer means inclement - a related, but totally different word.

*We will make every attempted to contact people

Seriously, InWilmington?  I know you just post press releases as you get them, but sometimes you should do a little bit of editing before these get typed in, no?

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