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Comment by dan_can_code | Hacker News Reader

Does it bother anyone else when large publications leave spelling mistakes or incomplete sentences in an article? It seems to be occuring more often. In this case, the first sentence of the subtitle: 'COVID-19 restrictions mean we are more susceptible these viruses'. Proof read just once, and you realise a word is missing.

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Oh, it bothers the heck out of me. I assume the calculus they did was that it's cheaper to lay off most of the editors and fact checkers, and it won't make much difference to the bottom line, since most people don't even read the text of the article anyway. Just make sure the headline is punchy and you'll get those precious clicks.

Read newton and einsteins famous papers and it'll bother you less

Didn’t realize they were employed to write.

Reputable publications generally employ editors. An author’s primary job is not to output flawless language. An editor’s is.

You don’t even need to manually proof read.. how these publications don’t require a once-through with something like grammarly is astounding to me.

Heh, two sides of a coin I guess. I see a lot of HNers denounce Grammarly as a keylogger, and that 'no one should use it'.

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+...

A great, non-spyware alternative: https://www.antidote.info/en/

It does not have to be Grammarly. LanguageTool has been around for more than 15 years and it works offline.

It's what we get since we don't pay for news en masse.

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