Marion: I’ve been self-conscious of this blog from the beginning; some writing problems are hard to explain. You’ve made me even more self-conscious. I’ll try to keep the standard high enough to deserve some kind of shower at least once a week.

I like this advice. It leads to tighter writing (and speaking) as well as quicker reading (and hearing).

Indeed, it is astonishing that such an obvious error would make it into brass. I see these types of errors all over the internet, but hope that more formal settings apply better quality control. While working alone makes it challenging to eliminate all our writing errors, every content-provider owes his or her readers a best effort. I write a blog where I occasionally turn my attention from South Dakota politics to helping people fix their writing problems: the mighty Madville Times. Please take a look and recommend it to content providers with chronic writing and political problems.