Monday, February 9, 2009

From home schooling to geothermal

Here are five more examples of flubs that were caught by copy editors before they made it into The Forum. See if you can find them.

1. North Dakota home schoolers deal with some of the tougher regulations.

2. Jury selection is underway.

3. The Republican's goal is to become the U.S. Senator from North Dakota.

4. She was a communications supervisor for the Minnesota State Patrol in Rochester, Minn.

5. Geo-thermal is a huge issue now.

1. North Dakota home-schoolers deal with some of the tougher regulations.
AP style is: home schooling, home-schooled, home-schooler.

2. Jury selection is under way.

3. The Republican's goal is to become the U.S. senator from North Dakota.

4. She was a communications supervisor for the Minnesota State Patrol in Rochester.

5. Geothermal is a huge issue now.

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