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In this Guardian article
There is this sentence
No one was onboard the Dragon capsule that launched on Saturday on its
first test flight, only an dummy .
My question is why it is written "only an dummy " instead of "a dummy"?
Edit: Only words with first letter as vowels (if)will be having "an"?
british-english
asked 18 hours ago
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In this Guardian article
There is this sentence
No one was onboard the Dragon capsule that launched on Saturday on its
first test flight, only an dummy .
My question is why it is written "only an dummy " instead of "a dummy"?
Edit: Only words with first letter as vowels (if)will be having "an"?
british-english
asked 18 hours ago
PushparajPushparaj
1113
13
Because whatever word was after "an" was deleted by the copy editors.
– Hot Licks
18 hours ago
3
The word was instrumented, an instrumented dummy.
– user337391
18 hours ago
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In this Guardian article
There is this sentence
No one was onboard the Dragon capsule that launched on Saturday on its
first test flight, only an dummy .
My question is why it is written "only an dummy " instead of "a dummy"?
Edit: Only words with first letter as vowels (if)will be having "an"?
british-english
asked 18 hours ago
PushparajPushparaj
1113
In this Guardian article
There is this sentence
No one was onboard the Dragon capsule that launched on Saturday on its
first test flight, only an dummy .
My question is why it is written "only an dummy " instead of "a dummy"?
Edit: Only words with first letter as vowels (if)will be having "an"?
british-english
british-english
asked 18 hours ago
PushparajPushparaj
1113
asked 18 hours ago
PushparajPushparaj
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edited 12 hours ago
Pushparaj
asked 18 hours ago
PushparajPushparaj
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asked 18 hours ago
PushparajPushparaj
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PushparajPushparaj
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Because whatever word was after "an" was deleted by the copy editors.
– Hot Licks
18 hours ago
3
The word was instrumented, an instrumented dummy.
– user337391
18 hours ago
add a comment |
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Because whatever word was after "an" was deleted by the copy editors.
– Hot Licks
18 hours ago
3
The word was instrumented, an instrumented dummy.
– user337391
18 hours ago
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13
Because whatever word was after "an" was deleted by the copy editors.
– Hot Licks
18 hours ago
Because whatever word was after "an" was deleted by the copy editors.
– Hot Licks
18 hours ago
3
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The word was instrumented, an instrumented dummy.
– user337391
18 hours ago
The word was instrumented, an instrumented dummy.
– user337391
18 hours ago
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The guardian is famous for having a propensity for errors to slip past the editors. (Apocryphally even misspelling its own name as the The Grauniad). I suspect a busy sub editor removed an adjective beginning with a vowel such as "instrumented" from the phrase "an instrumented dummy", to fit the article into the space available.
answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
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It never misspelled its own name! "The Grauniad" was the jocular name given to it by the satirical magazine Private Eye in recognition of its many typos.
– TonyK
11 hours ago
2
@TonyK - The OED defines "Apocryphally" as "In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely" so I don't think I ever asserted that it did misspell its own name.
– james
11 hours ago
1
@james I think it's misleading. Apocryphal can mean "of dubious veracity," and that's the meaning I took from the context. It sounds like the answer is saying that The Guardian is said to have misspelled its own name on at least one occasion, but no proof of it ever happening seems to actually exist.
– Justin Lardinois
10 hours ago
@TonyK - I think you'll find lots of people believe, incorrectly, or at least have heard the story, that the Guardian did misspell its own mast-head. To misquote Bierce: it's too good a lie to be killed by a mere truth! I was certainly told this in school by a friend in 90s. But fair enough - point taken.
– james
10 hours ago
Proofreading is a art
– IMil
5 hours ago
add a comment |
This is clearly an error on their part. The article 'a' only agrees with the singular subject dummy.
Either this is particularly sloppy proofreading, or, as @Hot Licks has mentioned, the copy editors have removed a word and forgotten to change the article.
Well done for spotting this. The Guardian should feel ashamed.
They are known for letting things slip, as mentioned in the other answer.
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
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1
A Google search for the exact text quoted finds numerous copies, and for "only an dummy" finds quite a few. To be fair to the Guardian, they got a lot better in the 1990s after introducing computerised publishing systems. The paper does not hide from the topic. I think some people bash the Guardian because of its slightly left of centre position; I have seen worse in the Daily Mail.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
@Michael I don't think that the person who'd attack the Guardian for their leftish position would notice these errors much. I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. As someone who has only read the paper for about a decade, I never thought of it as being worse than say the NYT or the FAZ in this regard.
– Voo
11 hours ago
Voo - "I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. " - This is the view I prefer to take. If you want to see a really bad newspaper, look at the Daily Express.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
1
This answer doesn't add anything the other answer didn't already state.
– Azor Ahai
7 hours ago
@AzorAhai Can't really help that, I didn't see the answer when I was writing mine. Plus it's been edited.
– Lordology
27 mins ago
add a comment |
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The guardian is famous for having a propensity for errors to slip past the editors. (Apocryphally even misspelling its own name as the The Grauniad). I suspect a busy sub editor removed an adjective beginning with a vowel such as "instrumented" from the phrase "an instrumented dummy", to fit the article into the space available.
answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
2213
2
It never misspelled its own name! "The Grauniad" was the jocular name given to it by the satirical magazine Private Eye in recognition of its many typos.
– TonyK
11 hours ago
2
@TonyK - The OED defines "Apocryphally" as "In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely" so I don't think I ever asserted that it did misspell its own name.
– james
11 hours ago
1
@james I think it's misleading. Apocryphal can mean "of dubious veracity," and that's the meaning I took from the context. It sounds like the answer is saying that The Guardian is said to have misspelled its own name on at least one occasion, but no proof of it ever happening seems to actually exist.
– Justin Lardinois
10 hours ago
@TonyK - I think you'll find lots of people believe, incorrectly, or at least have heard the story, that the Guardian did misspell its own mast-head. To misquote Bierce: it's too good a lie to be killed by a mere truth! I was certainly told this in school by a friend in 90s. But fair enough - point taken.
– james
10 hours ago
Proofreading is a art
– IMil
5 hours ago
add a comment |
The guardian is famous for having a propensity for errors to slip past the editors. (Apocryphally even misspelling its own name as the The Grauniad). I suspect a busy sub editor removed an adjective beginning with a vowel such as "instrumented" from the phrase "an instrumented dummy", to fit the article into the space available.
answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
2213
2
It never misspelled its own name! "The Grauniad" was the jocular name given to it by the satirical magazine Private Eye in recognition of its many typos.
– TonyK
11 hours ago
2
@TonyK - The OED defines "Apocryphally" as "In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely" so I don't think I ever asserted that it did misspell its own name.
– james
11 hours ago
1
@james I think it's misleading. Apocryphal can mean "of dubious veracity," and that's the meaning I took from the context. It sounds like the answer is saying that The Guardian is said to have misspelled its own name on at least one occasion, but no proof of it ever happening seems to actually exist.
– Justin Lardinois
10 hours ago
@TonyK - I think you'll find lots of people believe, incorrectly, or at least have heard the story, that the Guardian did misspell its own mast-head. To misquote Bierce: it's too good a lie to be killed by a mere truth! I was certainly told this in school by a friend in 90s. But fair enough - point taken.
– james
10 hours ago
Proofreading is a art
– IMil
5 hours ago
add a comment |
The guardian is famous for having a propensity for errors to slip past the editors. (Apocryphally even misspelling its own name as the The Grauniad). I suspect a busy sub editor removed an adjective beginning with a vowel such as "instrumented" from the phrase "an instrumented dummy", to fit the article into the space available.
answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
2213
The guardian is famous for having a propensity for errors to slip past the editors. (Apocryphally even misspelling its own name as the The Grauniad). I suspect a busy sub editor removed an adjective beginning with a vowel such as "instrumented" from the phrase "an instrumented dummy", to fit the article into the space available.
answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
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answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
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answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
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answered 18 hours ago
jamesjames
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2213
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It never misspelled its own name! "The Grauniad" was the jocular name given to it by the satirical magazine Private Eye in recognition of its many typos.
– TonyK
11 hours ago
2
@TonyK - The OED defines "Apocryphally" as "In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely" so I don't think I ever asserted that it did misspell its own name.
– james
11 hours ago
1
@james I think it's misleading. Apocryphal can mean "of dubious veracity," and that's the meaning I took from the context. It sounds like the answer is saying that The Guardian is said to have misspelled its own name on at least one occasion, but no proof of it ever happening seems to actually exist.
– Justin Lardinois
10 hours ago
@TonyK - I think you'll find lots of people believe, incorrectly, or at least have heard the story, that the Guardian did misspell its own mast-head. To misquote Bierce: it's too good a lie to be killed by a mere truth! I was certainly told this in school by a friend in 90s. But fair enough - point taken.
– james
10 hours ago
Proofreading is a art
– IMil
5 hours ago
add a comment |
2
It never misspelled its own name! "The Grauniad" was the jocular name given to it by the satirical magazine Private Eye in recognition of its many typos.
– TonyK
11 hours ago
2
@TonyK - The OED defines "Apocryphally" as "In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely" so I don't think I ever asserted that it did misspell its own name.
– james
11 hours ago
1
@james I think it's misleading. Apocryphal can mean "of dubious veracity," and that's the meaning I took from the context. It sounds like the answer is saying that The Guardian is said to have misspelled its own name on at least one occasion, but no proof of it ever happening seems to actually exist.
– Justin Lardinois
10 hours ago
@TonyK - I think you'll find lots of people believe, incorrectly, or at least have heard the story, that the Guardian did misspell its own mast-head. To misquote Bierce: it's too good a lie to be killed by a mere truth! I was certainly told this in school by a friend in 90s. But fair enough - point taken.
– james
10 hours ago
Proofreading is a art
– IMil
5 hours ago
2
2
It never misspelled its own name! "The Grauniad" was the jocular name given to it by the satirical magazine Private Eye in recognition of its many typos.
– TonyK
11 hours ago
It never misspelled its own name! "The Grauniad" was the jocular name given to it by the satirical magazine Private Eye in recognition of its many typos.
– TonyK
11 hours ago
2
2
@TonyK - The OED defines "Apocryphally" as "In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely" so I don't think I ever asserted that it did misspell its own name.
– james
11 hours ago
@TonyK - The OED defines "Apocryphally" as "In an apocryphal manner; fabulously, falsely" so I don't think I ever asserted that it did misspell its own name.
– james
11 hours ago
1
1
@james I think it's misleading. Apocryphal can mean "of dubious veracity," and that's the meaning I took from the context. It sounds like the answer is saying that The Guardian is said to have misspelled its own name on at least one occasion, but no proof of it ever happening seems to actually exist.
– Justin Lardinois
10 hours ago
@james I think it's misleading. Apocryphal can mean "of dubious veracity," and that's the meaning I took from the context. It sounds like the answer is saying that The Guardian is said to have misspelled its own name on at least one occasion, but no proof of it ever happening seems to actually exist.
– Justin Lardinois
10 hours ago
@TonyK - I think you'll find lots of people believe, incorrectly, or at least have heard the story, that the Guardian did misspell its own mast-head. To misquote Bierce: it's too good a lie to be killed by a mere truth! I was certainly told this in school by a friend in 90s. But fair enough - point taken.
– james
10 hours ago
@TonyK - I think you'll find lots of people believe, incorrectly, or at least have heard the story, that the Guardian did misspell its own mast-head. To misquote Bierce: it's too good a lie to be killed by a mere truth! I was certainly told this in school by a friend in 90s. But fair enough - point taken.
– james
10 hours ago
Proofreading is a art
– IMil
5 hours ago
Proofreading is a art
– IMil
5 hours ago
add a comment |
This is clearly an error on their part. The article 'a' only agrees with the singular subject dummy.
Either this is particularly sloppy proofreading, or, as @Hot Licks has mentioned, the copy editors have removed a word and forgotten to change the article.
Well done for spotting this. The Guardian should feel ashamed.
They are known for letting things slip, as mentioned in the other answer.
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,101116
1
A Google search for the exact text quoted finds numerous copies, and for "only an dummy" finds quite a few. To be fair to the Guardian, they got a lot better in the 1990s after introducing computerised publishing systems. The paper does not hide from the topic. I think some people bash the Guardian because of its slightly left of centre position; I have seen worse in the Daily Mail.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
@Michael I don't think that the person who'd attack the Guardian for their leftish position would notice these errors much. I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. As someone who has only read the paper for about a decade, I never thought of it as being worse than say the NYT or the FAZ in this regard.
– Voo
11 hours ago
Voo - "I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. " - This is the view I prefer to take. If you want to see a really bad newspaper, look at the Daily Express.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
1
This answer doesn't add anything the other answer didn't already state.
– Azor Ahai
7 hours ago
@AzorAhai Can't really help that, I didn't see the answer when I was writing mine. Plus it's been edited.
– Lordology
27 mins ago
add a comment |
This is clearly an error on their part. The article 'a' only agrees with the singular subject dummy.
Either this is particularly sloppy proofreading, or, as @Hot Licks has mentioned, the copy editors have removed a word and forgotten to change the article.
Well done for spotting this. The Guardian should feel ashamed.
They are known for letting things slip, as mentioned in the other answer.
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,101116
1
A Google search for the exact text quoted finds numerous copies, and for "only an dummy" finds quite a few. To be fair to the Guardian, they got a lot better in the 1990s after introducing computerised publishing systems. The paper does not hide from the topic. I think some people bash the Guardian because of its slightly left of centre position; I have seen worse in the Daily Mail.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
@Michael I don't think that the person who'd attack the Guardian for their leftish position would notice these errors much. I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. As someone who has only read the paper for about a decade, I never thought of it as being worse than say the NYT or the FAZ in this regard.
– Voo
11 hours ago
Voo - "I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. " - This is the view I prefer to take. If you want to see a really bad newspaper, look at the Daily Express.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
1
This answer doesn't add anything the other answer didn't already state.
– Azor Ahai
7 hours ago
@AzorAhai Can't really help that, I didn't see the answer when I was writing mine. Plus it's been edited.
– Lordology
27 mins ago
add a comment |
This is clearly an error on their part. The article 'a' only agrees with the singular subject dummy.
Either this is particularly sloppy proofreading, or, as @Hot Licks has mentioned, the copy editors have removed a word and forgotten to change the article.
Well done for spotting this. The Guardian should feel ashamed.
They are known for letting things slip, as mentioned in the other answer.
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,101116
This is clearly an error on their part. The article 'a' only agrees with the singular subject dummy.
Either this is particularly sloppy proofreading, or, as @Hot Licks has mentioned, the copy editors have removed a word and forgotten to change the article.
Well done for spotting this. The Guardian should feel ashamed.
They are known for letting things slip, as mentioned in the other answer.
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,101116
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,101116
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,101116
answered 18 hours ago
LordologyLordology
1,101116
1,101116
1
A Google search for the exact text quoted finds numerous copies, and for "only an dummy" finds quite a few. To be fair to the Guardian, they got a lot better in the 1990s after introducing computerised publishing systems. The paper does not hide from the topic. I think some people bash the Guardian because of its slightly left of centre position; I have seen worse in the Daily Mail.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
@Michael I don't think that the person who'd attack the Guardian for their leftish position would notice these errors much. I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. As someone who has only read the paper for about a decade, I never thought of it as being worse than say the NYT or the FAZ in this regard.
– Voo
11 hours ago
Voo - "I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. " - This is the view I prefer to take. If you want to see a really bad newspaper, look at the Daily Express.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
1
This answer doesn't add anything the other answer didn't already state.
– Azor Ahai
7 hours ago
@AzorAhai Can't really help that, I didn't see the answer when I was writing mine. Plus it's been edited.
– Lordology
27 mins ago
add a comment |
1
A Google search for the exact text quoted finds numerous copies, and for "only an dummy" finds quite a few. To be fair to the Guardian, they got a lot better in the 1990s after introducing computerised publishing systems. The paper does not hide from the topic. I think some people bash the Guardian because of its slightly left of centre position; I have seen worse in the Daily Mail.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
@Michael I don't think that the person who'd attack the Guardian for their leftish position would notice these errors much. I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. As someone who has only read the paper for about a decade, I never thought of it as being worse than say the NYT or the FAZ in this regard.
– Voo
11 hours ago
Voo - "I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. " - This is the view I prefer to take. If you want to see a really bad newspaper, look at the Daily Express.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
1
This answer doesn't add anything the other answer didn't already state.
– Azor Ahai
7 hours ago
@AzorAhai Can't really help that, I didn't see the answer when I was writing mine. Plus it's been edited.
– Lordology
27 mins ago
1
1
A Google search for the exact text quoted finds numerous copies, and for "only an dummy" finds quite a few. To be fair to the Guardian, they got a lot better in the 1990s after introducing computerised publishing systems. The paper does not hide from the topic. I think some people bash the Guardian because of its slightly left of centre position; I have seen worse in the Daily Mail.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
A Google search for the exact text quoted finds numerous copies, and for "only an dummy" finds quite a few. To be fair to the Guardian, they got a lot better in the 1990s after introducing computerised publishing systems. The paper does not hide from the topic. I think some people bash the Guardian because of its slightly left of centre position; I have seen worse in the Daily Mail.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
@Michael I don't think that the person who'd attack the Guardian for their leftish position would notice these errors much. I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. As someone who has only read the paper for about a decade, I never thought of it as being worse than say the NYT or the FAZ in this regard.
– Voo
11 hours ago
@Michael I don't think that the person who'd attack the Guardian for their leftish position would notice these errors much. I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. As someone who has only read the paper for about a decade, I never thought of it as being worse than say the NYT or the FAZ in this regard.
– Voo
11 hours ago
Voo - "I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. " - This is the view I prefer to take. If you want to see a really bad newspaper, look at the Daily Express.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
Voo - "I'd assume this has more to do with Guardian readers noticing these things more and having higher expectations of their newspaper than Daily Mail readers. " - This is the view I prefer to take. If you want to see a really bad newspaper, look at the Daily Express.
– Michael Harvey
11 hours ago
1
1
This answer doesn't add anything the other answer didn't already state.
– Azor Ahai
7 hours ago
This answer doesn't add anything the other answer didn't already state.
– Azor Ahai
7 hours ago
@AzorAhai Can't really help that, I didn't see the answer when I was writing mine. Plus it's been edited.
– Lordology
27 mins ago
@AzorAhai Can't really help that, I didn't see the answer when I was writing mine. Plus it's been edited.
– Lordology
27 mins ago
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Because whatever word was after "an" was deleted by the copy editors.
– Hot Licks
18 hours ago
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The word was instrumented, an instrumented dummy.
– user337391
18 hours ago