“My qualifications for the job rested mainly on my
ability to ferret out spelling and grammatical mistakes in texts. I found that
I was a natural, spotting typos with an idiot-savant-esque regularity. I hadn’t
had this kind of chance to show off my geeky prowess since winning consecutive
junior-high spelling bees.”
—Jeff
Deck, grammarian-savant and author of “The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One
Correction at a Time,” 2010.
• Editorial Comment: Edditors rule!
From the mouths of hounds . . .
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