Lorenzo Proof

2010-11-21T16:59:00.000Z

HOMOPHONE OF THE MONTH
“What’s a homophone?” I hear you ask. Well, you’ll already have seen a small selection of homophones if you’ve visited our home page. A homophone is one of two or more words, such as gorilla and guerrilla, which are pronounced the same but differ in meaning or spelling or both. Here’s this month’s example:

birth, berth

“They weren’t happy with Tim, their work colleague, and gave him a wide birth."

The correct version should be:

“They weren’t happy with Tim, their work colleague, and gave him a wide berth.”

2010-09-16T10:59:00.003+01:00

HOMOPHONE OF THE MONTH
“What’s a homophone?” I hear you ask. Well, you’ll already have seen a small selection of homophones if you’ve visited our home page. A homophone is one of two or more words, such as gorilla and guerrilla, which are pronounced the same but differ in meaning or spelling or both. Here’s this month’s example:

porn, pawn

“Being short of money, she had no option other than to take her jewellery to the porn shop.”

The correct version should be:

“Being short of money, she had no option other than to take her jewellery to the pawn shop.”

2010-08-25T12:07:00.001+01:00

HOMOPHONE OF THE MONTH
“What’s a homophone?” I hear you ask. Well, you’ll already have seen a small selection of homophones if you’ve visited our home page. A homophone is one of two or more words, such as gorilla and guerrilla, which are pronounced the same but differ in meaning or spelling or both. Here’s this month’s example:

horse, hoarse

“He’d felt unwell for a while and the sore throat made him feel a little horse.”

An easy mistake to make but, once again, one that a spell checker would have ignored!

The correct version should be:

"He’d felt unwell for a while and the sore throat made him feel a little hoarse.”

2010-08-17T10:32:00.000+01:00

TYPO
Seen on a well known job bulletin board:

Assistant Accountant
NORTHWICH
Assistant Accountant, Northwich, £9.50 p/h Accounts Assistant requierd to join a high reputable pharmusuitacle company based in Northwich for a period of 9 months.
More details | Apply now

2010-07-28T15:00:00.001+01:00

HOMOPHONE OF THE MONTH
“What’s a homophone?” I hear you ask. Well, you’ll already have seen a small selection of homophones if you’ve visited our home page. A homophone is one of two or more words, such as gorilla and guerrilla, which are pronounced the same but differ in meaning or spelling or both. Here’s this month’s example:

fowl, foul

“The lady wasn’t impressed by the man’s fowl language.”

Was the man doing an impression of a chicken then?

The correct version should be:

"The lady wasn’t impressed by the man’s foul language.”

2010-07-19T16:26:00.001+01:00

TYPO
Seen in a shop window in Stockport:

ENTERANCE AROUND THE BACK

I just wish I’d been able to take a photograph but I was driving at the time!

2010-06-24T17:43:00.001+01:00

HOMOPHONE OF THE MONTH
“What’s a homophone?” I hear you ask. Well, you’ll already have seen a small selection of homophones if you’ve visited our home page. A homophone is one of two or more words, such as gorilla and guerrilla, which are pronounced the same but differ in meaning or spelling or both. Here’s this month’s example:

navel, naval

“The Spanish Armada was beaten by the full might of the English navel force.”

I never knew the English had so much power in their belly buttons!

The correct version should be:

"The Spanish Armada was beaten by the full might of the English naval force.”

2010-05-27T12:10:00.020+01:00

HOMOPHONE OF THE MONTH
“What’s a homophone?” I hear you ask. Well, you’ll already have seen a small selection of homophones if you’ve visited our home page. A homophone is one of two or more words, such as gorilla and guerrilla, which are pronounced the same but differ in meaning or spelling or both. Here’s this month’s example:

cereal, serial

“The police have said that the victim was stabbed and are now concerned that they may have a cereal killer on the loose.”

I beg your pardon? Is someone going around stabbing packets of Corn Flakes?

The correct version should be:

“The police have said that the victim was stabbed and are now concerned that they may have a serial killer on the loose.”

2010-05-13T11:57:00.001+01:00

WORD JUMBLE
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

2010-05-03T12:05:00.000+01:00

COOKBOOK STIRS UP A RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Those of you who are avid viewers of the BBC’s Have I Got News For You may have recently seen the report on the embarrassing error in an Australian cookbook. A recipe in the book mistakenly called for the addition of “salt and freshly ground black people” instead of “salt and freshly ground black pepper”. This unfortunate error resulted in the publisher having to reprint 7,000 books at a reported cost of £12,000.

2010-04-28T16:22:00.000+01:00

WELCOME!
A very warm welcome to the new Lorenzo Proof blog. We’re really looking forward to keeping you informed about the world of proofreading over the following months. In addition to the blog, we’re also excited at the launch of our new website and we hope you’ll head over to http://www.lorenzoproof.co.uk/ to take a look at the proofreading services we offer.