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Yahoo Sports Writer Murders the English Language

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  1. sinatra22 sinatra22 is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 2:21pm)

    Just wow.
  2. dolphin13 dolphin13 is offline OT Vice MVP

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 2:27pm) in reply to sinatra22

    As a sports reporter, yahoo sports makes me want to vomit. I don't consider myself to be a great sports writer but I'd give copy better than 90 percent of the drivel on there. It's so awful.
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 2:31pm) in reply to dolphin13

    chris chase has always been fucking atrocious
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 2:34pm) in reply to sinatra22

     
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 2:37pm) in reply to kevmode



    Absolutely ridiculous that that even made it to the publisher.
     
  6. jerichoholic jerichoholic is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 2:45pm) in reply to mdshack14

    that's almost worthy of a mrtimcaum recording.
  7. smcrawford2 smcrawford2 is offline The Decision Tree

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 2:48pm) in reply to jerichoholic

    guess tennis is just too complicated for someone to be knowledgeable about both it and the english language.
     
  8. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 3:02pm) in reply to smcrawford2

    lack of pics, etc
    Edited By: Glo4m Sep 6th, 2011 at 03:39 PM
  9. wes_mc wes_mc is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 3:35pm) in reply to Glo4m

    Give the guy a break. He clearly posted that article directly to the site from his phone
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 3:40pm) in reply to wes_mc

    looool That is just wp.
  11. SevenCostanza SevenCostanza is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 6:42pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    my stomach hurts reading that
  12. 2Slick4u 2Slick4u is offline

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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 8:05pm) in reply to wes_mc

     
    Originally Posted by wes_mc View Post

    Give the guy a break. He clearly posted that article directly to the site from his phone

    Apparently he must only post articles from his phone because every article I've ever read of his was a semi-coherent train wreck. I've flamed this Chris Chase in the Yahoo comments section more than a few times for this as well as the general banality/cluelessness of his articles.
    Edited By: 2Slick4u Sep 6th, 2011 at 08:06 PM
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 9:38pm) in reply to 2Slick4u

    I dunno if it's writers or lack of editors that bothers me more, I couldn't possibly post all the lame, incorrect, ungrammatical, or otherwise fucked up shit I've read on Yahoo over the years.
     
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 10:14pm) in reply to 2Slick4u

    According to some of the comments on the article page, it looks like Chris Chase is actually Chris Yang, the brother of the co-founder of Yahoo, and is of Chinese heritage (thus the grammar problems, as he is apparently not fluent in English). So, apparently they basically just gave him the job when he asked for it, since his brother was the bigwig of their company so they weren't allowed to turn him down, and now they are forced to just have a bunch of articles with ridiculous grammar errors constantly from this guy as a result.
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 10:36pm) in reply to bfactor

    Don't articles written by reporters get run by editors before making it to print?
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    Sep 6th, 2011 (9/6/2011 10:45pm) in reply to Dyzalot

    Yahoo gonna yahoo
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    Sep 7th, 2011 (9/7/2011 3:28am) in reply to TheSilentBob

    These aren't really "reporters" in the traditional sense. They're bloggers, and I doubt that there are editors at Yahoo who read their copy before it gets posted to the web.

    Not saying it's right, but as a sports editor, I can tell you that this is probably the case.
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    Sep 7th, 2011 (9/7/2011 3:32am) in reply to TheSilentBob

     
    Originally Posted by TheSilentBob View Post

    Yahoo gonna yahoo


    This- yahoo is a joke
     
  19. sinatra22 sinatra22 is offline

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    Sep 7th, 2011 (9/7/2011 4:28am) in reply to CeJeH

    Lol it looks like they fixed all the errors now.
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    Sep 7th, 2011 (9/7/2011 4:41am) in reply to sinatra22

     
    Originally Posted by sinatra22 View Post

    Lol it looks like they fixed all the errors now.

    :(

    I read this expecting it to be awesome and I didn't get it now I know why
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    Sep 7th, 2011 (9/7/2011 4:55am) in reply to SCTrojans

    haha I was going to say. It didn't flow all that well and still felt like an 8th grader wrote it but it didn't seem that bad. I was starting to think I lost my grasp of the English language.
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    Sep 7th, 2011 (9/7/2011 5:00am) in reply to dolphin13

     
    Originally Posted by dolphin13 View Post

    As a sports reporter, yahoo sports makes me want to vomit. I don't consider myself to be a great sports writer but I'd give copy better than 90 percent of the drivel on there. It's so awful.

    i think ur an asswipe, coma quote etc ;)
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    Sep 7th, 2011 (9/7/2011 9:03am) in reply to Admiral

     
    Originally Posted by Admiral View Post

    haha I was going to say. It didn't flow all that well and still felt like an 8th grader wrote it but it didn't seem that bad. I was starting to think I lost my grasp of the English language.

    so this! WOW! Thank god and also Jesus.
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    Sep 9th, 2011 (9/9/2011 6:04am) in reply to unemployable

    They also link fan blogs into news for teams as well.
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    Sep 9th, 2011 (9/9/2011 6:17am) in reply to that_pope

    I was wondering what was so wrong lol.
     
  26. Jsup Jsup is offline

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    Sep 9th, 2011 (9/9/2011 6:32am) in reply to ntanygd760

    what changes did they make?

    it still says "became more confidence in her"
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