If you've done the GMAT, you might know that many of the sentences used in the Sentence Correction part of the exam are taken from the New York Times and are then modified by GMAC for the purposes of the exam. One such example of this can be found here.
Though this will not really be useful for anyone yet to take the exam, an article has now been published by the New York Times highlighting the common errors they themselves print in the newspaper. Here is the link to the article and the header...
The Error That Won’t Die
Even in the rush to publish, writers and editors at The Times strive for polish and precision in our prose. Sometimes we succeed.
But sometimes, after the dust settles, we are dismayed to see painful grammatical errors or embarrassing faults in usage. A quick fix might be possible online; otherwise, the lapses become lessons for next time.These comments are adapted from After Deadline, a weekly newsroom critique overseen by Philip B. Corbett, the deputy news editor who is also in charge of The Times’s style manual. The goal is not to chastise, but to point out recurring problems and suggest solutions.
Since most writers encounter similar troubles, we think these observations might interest general readers, too.
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