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Why we Need Proof Readers

In print publications, the following headlines demonstrate why we need poof . . . proof readers. Included are possible responses.

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

An interesting idea

Miners Refuse to Work after Death

Well, we always have expected too much from the mine workers

War Dims Hope for Peace

What else is new?

One-Armed man Applauds the Kindness of Strangers

I never heard that one.

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Really?

Federal Agents Raid Gun Shop, Find Weapons

Shocking!

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

How big were the first participants?

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Mercy!

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Manta Ray Versus Pterodactyl (This is no joke)

In July of 2008, I received a phone call from a man who reported a very large flying creature, seen one year earlier, in Orange County [California] . . . . He described the dark gray or black animal as 30 feet long, with 15-16 feet of that being a tail.