Article Mistake corrections

[DJNgoma]

im sick of the lack of links in your articles, this is the internet not a newspaper *hurl*

Ermm...

 

[arf9999]

Using the Library view users have access to all of the media management tools including categories, playlists and ratings.

It should be HAS

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/9391.html

Why? Users are plural, therefore have, not has.

Its a Subject-Verb agreement. The verb of a sentence must agree with the subject in number and in person.

Yes, that's correct.



Subject is users i.e. plural, therefore users have, not users has ...

I have just done a grammar check in Office, and it clearly states HAS. I did it online as well, and when I type the sentence with HAS, it does not show an error. Maybe both ways are correct, but I stand by has.

Bekdik is right, MS Office and Niccia are wrong in this case. Subject is plural, so word should be "have".

 

[kilos]

Article: Africa’s Internet Exchange Points

Error: Internet Exchages in Africa - comments and views
should be Exchanges [missing n]

 

[kilos]

Article: ADSL pricing

Typo on Table heading -
"DSL 384 Total Yealy Cost" should be "DSL 384 Total Yearly Cost"

 

[bwana]

I think:

The Obama administration wants to convey clear and concise guidance about one of the biggest nin homes and offices - the computer.

Should read:

The Obama administration now wants to convey similarly clear and concise guidance about one of the biggest national security threats in your home and office - the computer.

 

[rpm]

Thanks for the feedback - both fixed.

 

[dabouncer]

Telkom cable theft cuts of hospital should read Telkom cable theft cuts off hospital

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/9893.html

 

[DapperDanMan]

Not fixed yet: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Business/9710.html

(See post # 179)

 

[Lycanthrope]

Not fixed yet: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Business/9710.html

(See post # 179)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Sweeten \Sweet"en\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sweetened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweetening}.] [See {Sweet}, adjective]

1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.

2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.

3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.

4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life. --Dryden.

And sweeten every secret tear. --Keble.

5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other. --Dryden.

6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air.

7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.

8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

sweetened

adjective: with sweetening added [syn: {sugared}, {sweet}]

Source: http://define.com/sweetened



What a temperamental quote -.-'

 

[CathJ]

"Interconnect rates effect Neotel voice pricing" - should be affect, not effect.

 

[AirWolf]

Vodacom and MTN play interconnect trump card

Paragraph 12:

Cell C is practically the only "smaller operator". Virgin Mobile's size is so negligible, it wasn't not even present at these negotiations.

Redundant word.

 

[Rodent-Boy]

Telkom fights back in competition case

Competition Commission’s R3.6-million fine recommendation may become null and void in upcoming appeal court ruling

I think you mean R3.6-billion.

Edit: Sorry: opening paragraph

 

[bdt]

In TV license fees to be scrapped the line

The Public Service Broadcasting Fund will comprise of personal income tax, money appropriated by parliament, contributions from broadcasting services licensees, contributions from business and ‘money accruing from any other source’.

is incorrect. It should read either

The Public Service Broadcasting Fund will comprise personal income tax, money appropriated by parliament, contributions from broadcasting services licensees, contributions from business and ‘money accruing from any other source’.

- no "of", or

The Public Service Broadcasting Fund will be comprised of personal income tax, money appropriated by parliament, contributions from broadcasting services licensees, contributions from business and ‘money accruing from any other source’.

- change tense to bring the word into correct usage.

 

[rpm]

Thanks bdt - free English lesson for me there

 

[bdt]

Thanks bdt - free English lesson for me there

- "free" huh? ..so much for getting rewarded with MyBB swag for putting the time and effort to do the corrections!

(but I'll accept that, as one puts in more submissions, there's a sliding scale of required posts before getting the next goodie bag (but not on a logarithmic scale, please!))

 

[arf9999]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/10305.html

“I believe there is consensus among all ICT stakeholders on the principle of digital inclusion and universal access, as it is a vital pillar of an information society, yet it has not happened. There is no consensus on the principal of affordability.”

principle

 

[kilos]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Internet/10451.html

Torrents over HTTP not HHTP in the link at the bottom of the page

 

[rpm]

Thanks Kilos - fixed

 

[Fafa]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/ADSL/10507.html

Paragraph 1: Cybersnmart -> Cybersmart

 

[Kaufies]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/ADSL/10578.html

2nd last paragraph

September did however jokingly confirmed that it will be before the 2010 World Cup.

Confirmed should be changed to confirm