A. James Editing, Inc.

Off the front page of The Huffington Post, the short article, “Stewart Responds to Hannity’s Apology: Nothing’s Worth Sitting Through His Show,” has a few typos I, as a slightly obsessive compulsive copywriter, must correct.

What THP wrote:

Earlier this week, Jon Stewart did a segment on Sean Hannity’s health care protest coverage in which he revealed that the Fox host had used footage of a different, larger event to make gathering look more impressive.

What I would have written:

Earlier this week, Jon Stewart did a segment on Sean Hannity’s health care protest coverage in which he revealed that the Fox host had used footage of a different, larger event to make the gathering look more impressive.

The second THP typo:

“He” came came out on stage to take a bow and…

What this seasoned freelance copywriter would have written:

“He” came out on stage to take a bow and…

And there you have it. Linguistic perfection.

The article on the front page of Fox News, “Health Care Revolt,” has a typo. Adding a missing comma would have made this article punctuationally perfect (yes, “punctuationally” is now a word).

The event drew the conservative “tea party” activists but unlike past rallies was officially sanctioned by House Republicans.

I would have written:

The event drew the conservative “tea party” activists, but unlike past rallies, it was officially sanctioned by House Republicans.

It’s the little things that make all the difference.