Drunken Proofreading is a pretty simple concept. Pretty much every item that qualifies for this blog involves some degree of Drunken Proofreading because every one of these grammar mistakes should have been caught by a proofreader/editor before the copy went out. But they're not, so we get to have fun. Drunken Proofreading items can run the gamut from a simple spelling mistake to what we call AutoCorrect Syndrome (where the word that appears is an actual word but is clearly not the word that the author intended to appear), or it can be something as dramatic as the egregious violation of several grammar rules simultaneously. Here's the rating guide:
Drunken Proofreading rating guide:
* (one star) - Taking a little nip now and then. What? It's been a stressful day!
** (two stars) - Had one too many beers at lunch! What? You say I'm not supposed to drink on my lunch break?
*** (three stars) - I needed a shot just to look myself in the mirror this morning.
**** (four stars) - Yesh, I take thish waterbottle everywhere I go. It'sh water. No, you can't have any.
***** (five stars) - Whaaahhaa? Whodrankshaaallllthershcotch?
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