Corrections
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Errors & Omissions: Battle of the genders claims another victim
Several readers have written in to raise objection to this headline, which appeared above a comment piece on Monday: "At last – a public figure who refuses to deny their past." The public figure in question is the Tory MP Louise Mensch. Why follow the fashion for using "their" in a singular sense, my correspondents demand. Surely it should be "her past". I am not so sure, much as this column hates to be outdone in pedantry by its own readers.
Inside Corrections
Prince Nayef - an apology
Thursday, 4 August 2011
In his Friday essay on 15 April 2011 ("The Arab Awakening - a long time coming") Robert Fisk quoted from an order said to have been issued by the Saudi Minister of the Interior, HRH Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud on 11 March, in which he alleged that Prince Nayef ordered his security forces to show no mercy and to use live rounds on unarmed demonstrators.
Errors & Omissions: Who's in charge of the Pentagon? We should be told
Saturday, 30 July 2011
The readers of this newspaper are, axiomatically, intelligent, well-informed people – and the thing about intelligent people is not that they know all the answers but that they ask all the questions.
Errors & Omissions: Under attack from inappropriate war metaphors
Saturday, 23 July 2011
We had a couple of beleaguereds in the newspaper on Thursday.
Tom Baldwin
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
In his sketch of yesterday Simon Carr wrote that while he was on The Times, Tom Baldwin (now Labour's director of strategy and communication) was the first journalist to name Dr David Kelly, starting a chain of events which led to Dr Kelly's death. In fact, as the Hutton inquiry report made clear, Dr Kelly was first named by the Financial Times; the Times journalist who later cited Dr Kelly was in fact Michael Evans.
Correction
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
In an item in "The Week in Arts" published on 25 June 2011 we incorrectly stated that the critic Ruth Leon had written a review for her husband Sheridan Morley of a play which she had not seen. We are told, and accept, that while she did indeed file the review mentioned for her husband, he had written it and had seen the play. Ruth Leon assures us that she has never reviewed any production she has not seen. We are happy to set the record straight.
Errors & Omissions: Don't never attempt to use too many negatives
Saturday, 16 July 2011
The word "not" is one of the most troublesome for newspapers.
Professor Les Back
Sunday, 10 July 2011
In "Ghost Town" last week, we misspelt the name of Les Back, professor of sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. We apologise to Professor Back.
Errors & Omissions: Don't be vague when two famous people have names that sound the same
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Matthew Norman had fun on Monday, speculating that Ed Balls might launch a putsch against Ed Miliband when the Labour leader "goes under the knife" to cure his sleep apnoea.
Errors & Omissions: What does it take for an occupation to become an era? That depends...
Saturday, 2 July 2011
By Guy Keleny
Errors & Omissions: Somewhere in the mush is the meaning – and it's getting harder to find
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Sometimes the language seems to be turning to mush before your eyes.
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