Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > WHY isn't spelling properly checked by people who > can SPELL in magazines, papers etc? > > I have just been leafing through the latest > ridiculous free magazine to come through my door > (coat for nearly three grand, anyone?) and beneath > a headline "Made to Last" (it's about a shoe > designer. Hoho. Now puns I don't mind) a sentence > starts "Since taking the reigns of Robert > Clergerie in 2011 ...." > > REIGNS? FFS. > > AND another thing, people who write TOW the line > when it should be TOE the line. > > Oh, and I have irrational rage at myself for > posting on here when I've got many many other > things I should be doing :)) As a former copytaker and sub-editor I share your pain.