While writing for the student newspaper at Weber State University, I noticed a common trend that can be considered an incorrect format in my opinion - jumping. Almost every story I have written as well as read has jumped onto another area of the paper. These stories frequently have very little text or information when the jump is completed. As a result of this, I frequently lose my place and get frustrated. It might be more prudent to include a new headline or some sort of description to go along with the jumped story. This can help a reader to keep track of the story and help pull readers into reading a story that was already past on previous pages.
This weeks editing mistake is terrible. Whoever designed and or edited this sign needs to be fired. Every word in this sign with the exception of exit is misspelled. It should read as follows:
Business
Rothschild
Schofield
This is yet another example of an obvious lack of editing. If the person who made this sign simply looked and it, people around the country would not be making fun of exit 185 on highway 51.
That's true. Many of the highway signs have poor editing which can cause drivers to miss or take the wrong exit. The new signs north of Salt Lake have street numbers instead of City names. This is especially confusing in Utah where most cities have all the same street numbers as other cities. This causes major confusion for the locals; it must be even worse for visitors to the state.
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