Jade Knight's thread of Proofreadingishnesses

[The Jade Knight]

So, I'm feeling pretty ignored . . . but here's another one:

"A fun video game that's also inexpensive, what more could a gamer want?"

The comma feels wrong here.  Maybe an em dash (—) would be better?

[Nessa]

I haven't been ignoring you, I've just been busy/distracted, take your pick.

As for the em dash, I've been too lazy to add a real one.  I guess you're not going to let me get away with it anymore.

[The Jade Knight]

Caught another one:

"We’re currently working on bringing an all new TWG to our readers and to make sure it’s the best we need your help!  We’ve created a short, 8 question, survey that will help us focus on what you, the reader want."

Should be "what you, the reader, want."  Also, I think there should be a comma after "readers" and "best".

[The Jade Knight]

The poll:

"Not being bored enough to get on IM an chat with that looser Spriggan " ("and"/"loser")
"That he still makes more money then Mustard does from book sales"  ("then" should be "than")

Someone fix this?  Please?

[Tink]

Don't forget changing "pitty" to pity.

[The Jade Knight]

"Too bad the WB...err...I mean CW dropped Aquaman, because the pilot was so promising."

Perhaps commas would be better?   "Too bad the WB, err, I mean 'CW' dropped Aquaman…"  I would also add the quote marks, or italicize CW.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I'm pretty sure you don't italicize or quote mark network names
CW is the equivelant of ABC, NBC, CBS, or Fox. quotes and italics both seem wrong.

[The Jade Knight]

To me, it's simply to show emphasis, in this case.  Why are we bothering putting in the "I mean X" if we're not going to emphasize it?  (I also read in a natural pause, à la "I mean, X", which would be incorrect.  I figured the italics would help take care of that.)

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

the verbal cue is enough, i think. The idea of getting one wrong for the other.

[Aen Elderberry]

http://www.brandonsanderson.com/article.php?id=39

"Yesterday I had diner with Parker,"

[Spriggan]

This thread is only for proofing articles on TWG and not anyone's site nor the forum.

[The Jade Knight]

Yes, this is true.

People here ignore me enough as it is.  =þ

[Aen Elderberry]

This thread is only for proofing articles on TWG and not anyone's site nor the forum.

Sorry!   My mistake.

[The Jade Knight]

On the title bar (not in the body of the page itself), there needs to be a comma after "movies,"

[Nessa]

The poll:

"Not being bored enough to get on IM an chat with that looser Spriggan " ("and"/"loser")
"That he still makes more money then Mustard does from book sales"  ("then" should be "than")

Someone fix this?  Please?

I wish I could. It's been driving me nuts, too, but I can't access that part of the admin's section. At least, not that I know of.

To me, it's simply to show emphasis, in this case.  Why are we bothering putting in the "I mean X" if we're not going to emphasize it?  (I also read in a natural pause, à la "I mean, X", which would be incorrect.  I figured the italics would help take care of that.)

With Aquaman already italicized in the sentence, I worry it would make for too much italics overall, and add to confusion instead of clarifying.