# money.cnn.com: need an editor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268 "2004-08-10T22:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/1 "2004-08-10T22:17:48Z")
AAAAUGH! This is my mundane rant for today: Headline: [Bonds loose ground on Fed’s boost](http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/10/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm) It’s **lose** , okay? L-O-S-E! Not loose! Bonds cannot ‘loose’ ground!!! I will be happy to leave my stressful underpaying job to edit your stupid website for spelling errors, OK??? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/2 "2004-08-11T04:27:05Z")
You should do a search, this same typo came up not to long ago re: the BBC (or possibly Reuters). Of course, I’m surprised that people listen to CNN for anything, especially cheerleading in the stock market, but that’s just me. I do agree though that it is maddening. One thing that I’ve seen more comonly is adding 's when an s is all that’s required to make something plural. Fucking drives me nuts. Bonus, find the typo in this post. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/3 "2004-08-11T16:12:43Z")
Bolding mine: > [@Chairman Pow](#): > > Bonus, find the typo in this post > > I do agree though that it is maddening. One thing that I’ve seen more **comonly** is adding 's when an s is all that’s required to make something plural. Fucking drives me nuts. comonly = commonly Now, where’s my cookie? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/4 "2004-08-11T16:22:31Z")
CNN regularly makes a shit-load of typos in their stories, though it’s funny that their title would have one, too. Doesn’t surprise me, though. Have you read some of their titles? And some of the stories they deem national news? Some of the titles are just plain stupid and strike me as completely un-newsworthy. And can somebody tell me how many stories of conjoined twins they can put up there? I’m losing count. And I hate to sound even more callous and uncaring, but I really don’t care if President Arroyo from the Phillipines is tired of men trying to kiss her, and somehow that doesn’t strike me as national news. Maybe I’m a big bitch or just don’t understand the media, I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/5 "2004-08-11T18:07:22Z")
> [@Nutty Bunny](#): > > Bolding mine: > comonly = commonly > > Now, where’s my cookie? 😃 Oh, holy fuck. There are actually two. I feel like such a jackass… ---
**Author:** ![Fox\_Paws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@Fox\_Paws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_Paws)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/6 "2004-08-11T18:53:37Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > You should do a search, this same typo came up not **to** long ago re: the BBC (or possibly Reuters). > > Bonus, find the typo in this post. Where’s _my_ cookie? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/7 "2004-08-11T19:18:07Z")
> [@](#): > > You should do a search, this same typo came up not to long ago re: the BBC (or possibly Reuters). You should do a search\*\*. T **his same typo came up not to** o\*\* long ago re: the BBC (or possibly Reuters). Does a run-on sentence merit a cookie? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/8 "2004-08-11T19:55:24Z")
Technically, that’s a comma splice, not a run-on sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-cnn-com-need-an-editor/259268/9 "2004-08-11T20:52:05Z")
Oh, Christ. Unfortunately, no cookies for anyone, but I do promise I’ll take you all out to dinner once I get to be an editor at [cnn.com](http://cnn.com).