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TypoWatch: Salesforce.com speaks Alaskan

One can't help but wonder whether Marc Benioff, CEO and co-founder of Salesforce.com, is planning to enter politics. In a new book, The Developer's Guide to the Force.com Platform published by Salesforce.com, you'll find the following:

Yep. They're dropping the letter 'g'. That can only mean one thing: Getting folksy in preparation to run for office.

TypoWatch: Adobe updater did not Worked

It's always a little disconcerting to find a glaring typo like this in a piece of software. I can't help but wonder what else might have been overlooked...

TypoWatch: Economist - Israel is a county?

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TypoWatch: ZDNet > Is Yahoo is best way?

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Is Yahoo is best way for Microsoft to spend its cash? - ZDNet

The Oregonian's gotta wake up their editor

Call this a petty complaint—on second thought, don't. It's not petty. It's alarming how rapidly major publications are deteriorating into typo-ridden, language slaughterhouses.

This photo caption from a story on the Oregonian's OregonLive.com site today reads:

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Gotta? I can understand relaxing the language a little bit at times, but gotta? That's just plain tacky.

Hillary Clinton spotted in crowd at rally

And look. She even made a sign. (See the photo caption from NPR; click image for full-size view).

Has Hillary Clinton found the fountain of youth?

NPR seems to think so.

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