How do you feel about catching a typo on a schools website? (masters, career)

[FreshFresh]

"Moreover, we strive to create and environment where students have the opportunity to engage in hands-on learning so that they can immediately apply the concepts they learn in the classroom to their professional workplace. We also offer international experiences that can take your career to the next level."

MBA Program, Masters of Business Administration, Stillman School of Business - Seton Hall University, New Jersey

No big deal?

[Scared to Life]

If it was one simple one, no issue. The problem comes when there is a bunch of typos on the website.

[joe from dayton]

Ironic that there is a typo in your thread title.

Someone probably proof read their own work and their brain saw what it was supposed to see, not actually what was written.

[bler144]

I think many of us have become reliant on built-in spelling/grammar checkers most software products have. Even this forum provides one.

In my experience many HTML platforms have not had spell- or grammar-check precisely because half of what's 'typed' is code rather than spoken language.

It's generally much easier forum for making and missing a mistake, compared to typing a cover letter in Microsoft Word.

You can cut and paste text into your html platform from word, but in my experience that can make your formatting screwy. That said, I only code in HTML as a hobby and am not up on all the most recent software versions, but it seems to me an easy mistake to make/miss.

[PeachSalsa]

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

Ironic that there is a typo in your thread title.

Someone probably proof read their own work and their brain saw what it was supposed to see, not actually what was written.

^^This! On both statements!

Oh, irony....

One should not proof their own work. You are too familiar with it. Always, always have a peer proof read for you.

[Sanderling]

A random error that is an obvious typo doesn't bother me. But I am disturbed by misspellings that display ignorance. Recently on a visit--to Princeton University of all places--my daughter and I saw a handwritten poster displayed to mark the beginning of a campus tour for visitors. Both the words "independent" and "attendance" were spelled wrong on this sign.

My daughter was appalled. I was so proud.

[davebarnes]

A brain saw might be helpful for some people who misspell often.

[NewbiePoster]

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

Ironic that there is a typo in your thread title.

Someone probably proof read their own work and their brain saw what it was supposed to see, not actually what was written.

How do you know it's a typo? It could be a grammar error.

[FreshFresh]

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

Ironic that there is a typo in your thread title.

Someone probably proof read their own work and their brain saw what it was supposed to see, not actually what was written.

What's the typo in my thread title?

[joe from dayton]

"Schools" is missing an apostrophe. You need an apostrophe to denote possession.