Newsweek: Oh, Daily Beast, get a copy editor.
My friend Jordan sent me this email today:
What’s wrong with this subject line?————— Forwarded message —————
From: The Daily Beast <emails@thedailybeast.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Subject: Cheat Sheet - Hedge-Fund Boss Gets His Just Deserts
To: JordanMy…
“Well, since you asked…
From the Newsweek/Daily Beast Copy Desk: “To quote from the dictionary we use, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition: Desert (3rd entry as a noun, definition 2): deserved reward or punishment [to get one’s just deserts].”
Related: your tumblrs learned a new word today!”
Whoops, I made a mistake. I stand corrected. And I pissed off a Newsweek/Daily Beast copy editor in the process. I’m so used to seeing it used in that cliche desserts fashion and I admit I’ve never actually used the phrase myself. Grammar lesson learned! Seriously, so embarrassed right now.
“Cliche desserts fashion”? Or “cliched desserts fashion”?
47 notes
-
abagail-woods reblogged this from benita
-
ordinarymachines reblogged this from newsweek and added:
Google results for “just desserts”: 9,730,000 Google results for “just deserts”: 2,290,000 Etymology of “desert (3),...
-
enginerdette liked this
-
meganium liked this
-
citizenkerry liked this
-
incessantlycold reblogged this from newsweek
-
mollyblock reblogged this from benita and added:
“Cliche desserts fashion”? Or “cliched desserts fashion”?
-
hobbitswizardskitties liked this
-
laleiragranite reblogged this from laleiragranite and added:
Reblogging to put the above edit out into the world. Hurrah for Snopes.com. Also someone informed me of my unfortunate...
-
incessantlycold liked this
-
grantruby liked this
-
karion liked this
-
szaleniec1000 liked this
-
oh-theplacesyoullgo reblogged this from newsweek and added:
“Just deserts”? Gahhhhhh
-
youshallabove reblogged this from newsweek and added:
I never knew this! Good thing I’ve never actually used the term “just deserts.”
-
latimes liked this
-
rustbelts liked this
-
marshaess reblogged this from newsweek
-
kateoplis liked this
-
baitandswitch liked this
-
chatter liked this
-
librarysciences liked this
-
nbcnewyork liked this
-
damonator liked this
-
blogofhorses liked this
-
sui-generic liked this
-
slaneofthought reblogged this from newsweek and added:
Let it be noted for...person who blogged this originally is
-
intricatelysimple reblogged this from newsweek
-
nilesarthur reblogged this from newsweek
-
my-own-melt liked this
-
dotcomslashpost reblogged this from newsweek
-
seasol liked this
-
dauragon reblogged this from newsweek and added:
Flawless Victory.
-
benita reblogged this from newsweek and added:
today!” Whoops, I made a mistake. I stand corrected. And I pissed off a Newsweek/Daily Beast copy editor in the process....
-
braiker liked this
-
imwithkanye liked this
-
thewackydeli reblogged this from newsweek and added:
The way my autocratic third grade substitute teacher taught me...difference was this:...
-
spareunderthemat liked this
-
newsweek reblogged this from benita and added:
Well, since you asked… From the Newsweek/Daily...Copy Desk: “To quote from the dictionary...
-
thatandycohen reblogged this from benita and added:
Speaking a a Newsweek/Daily Beast copy editor, allow...to politely ask: what the fuck’s...
-
benita posted this
