Proofreader wanted


Has anyone else noticed the erosion of literacy in today's magazines?
Two recent examples:
1. The January Sound&Vision is reviewing a new $8000 integrated from Yamaha.
The first sentence asks: "Are you drooling over those massive UV meters?"
(Don't they mean VU meters?)
2. Another review (can't remember the source) describes some speakers as
"immanently listenable". I think they meant "eminently listenable".
Cowabunga!
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Signatures may indeed become secondary to thumb prints, retinal scans or some other sort of copy. Signatures are already impossible to match with current credit card displays that are common in most stores and try to make out your own signature, let alone try, on a UPS scanner. It's a joke, but it's valid.

All the best,
Nonoise
I think "Generation X" will assume new meaning when they start signing their paychecks.
Happy New Year!
Don't get excited, but the grammatical errors aren't limited to magazines. Take a look at some of the Audiogon "Forum" postings. I believe that most of the posters here are well-educated but just fail to proofread their responses. I have revisited my own postings and occasionally find that I missed a letter on a word. My degree is in English so I really have no excuse. Reading your posting before hitting "Submit" will correct many of those errors.
Signing paychecks will be a thing of the past. Direct deposit. Beginning now, our pay stubs will not be a hard copy where I work. They will be available online.

I remember working for a former employer about 20 years back where one of the guys couldn't read nor write and needed someone to witness his signing an "X" on his paycheck.
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