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I hope these crowds won’t be hording any toilet rolls !

I doubt newspapers ever were proof-read. There wouldn't have been time. Formerly, the typesetters were experts in grammar to such an extent that journalists asked their advice if they were in doubt.

Nowadays there are no typesetters, journalists do the layout on computers and we all know what spelling checkers are like, don't we?

Formerly reputable publishing houses had proof-readers who worked in pairs. The one read aloud and the other followed the text on paper. Now there is usually only one proof-reader who both reads and makes the corrections, so more mistakes get through.

But the absence of crowds now will decimate the economy.

Just read about the Michael Parkinson interview where apparently he discussed some of the funny stories and antidotes from his book. Is it me ?

Sorry you are not feeling too good Marydoll hope things improve soon.

And.

Nd they will have “myriads of” excuses.....

Sodapop, I'm a bit off kilter just now, or is it kiltar? If you live in Glasgow, it might be kiltur.

..... and will the hoards be doing it definitely or defiantly?

I've just received an email stating that something 'will defiantly be worth trying'.

Exactly MawB2 does nobody proof read any more.

Not like you Marydoll you are usually ahead of me,

I had to think about that for a moment! I wondered why the post was in pedants' corner.

Grrrrr
No doubt flaunting the restrictions and demanding that in their case, they be waved