At the collegiate level, typos are inexcusable. The red squiggly that comes under misspelled words should not go overlooked. I’m dismayed to see typos anywhere. If you go to the State Diner, the word “omelet” is spelled three different ways. As I am alerted now, “omelette” is also an acceptable spelling. But the diner, owned and operated by Greeks, has several other misspelled menu items. While I’ll excuse them for not employing the spell check (they are after all, first generation Greeks, traditional and stubborn entrepenuers, one would assume), I will not stand for the inconsistency. If the heading is “Omelette” don’t let your Western Omelet and Swiss Mushroom Omlit be spelled differently.
This is a diner. This is where people go to eat, not to learn. I can deal with typos here, I suppose. But when I see typos at Ithaca College, an institution of higher learning, I become worried. Let me show you what I mean;
isthisajoke?
I saw this when I was picking up a book for class.
WRTG-22500-01/02, Grammar and Usage. At least they realized they misspelled it and tried to remedy the card by correcting the word with blue ink. Perhaps I wouldn’t have even noticed the typo had the blue “a” not stood out. But of all words, in all places, “grammar” was spelled wrong.
Luckily, there’s not Writing class pertaining solely to Spellning.
