Re: Lukashenka (jara: Country names still needed)

At 09:28 14.5.2003 +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:

>Quoting BP Jonsson <bpj@...>:
>
> > At 09:40 13.5.2003 +0200, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> >
> > >[1] This is, of course, only my unscientific impression - I don't have
> > any
> > >statistical proof that spelling and grammar mistakes in newspapers are
> > on the
> > >rise.
> >
> > Well, copy-editors/proofreaders are on the decline in Sweden both among
> > the
> > press and book publishers.  I   used to be able to make a decent income
> > in this
> > field up to about five years ago.
>
>That's bad. Is there any known specific reason for this, or did error-free
>writing just go out of fashion?
>
>                                                 Andreas
They obviously think Micro$oft Word 2000 can do it for them.

/ B.Philip Jonsson B^)
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