Sunday, August 9, 2020

She and her

The caption for a photograph in The New York Times:

Ms. Hill’s closet in Washington. Like many people’s, it is filled with officewear she may not need for a while. At top right, a framed photo of she and her Congressional colleagues.
“A framed photo of she”: yeesh. A simple fix: “A framed photo of Hill,” &c.

The other problem: the unintended suggestion that Hill’s unneeded officewear is hanging in closets hither and yon.

comments: 2

Fresca said...

Where are the proofreaders?

My sister recently wrote to the Washington Post to correct an error in the obituary of a man our father had worked with.
The WP obit said the man had led Outward Bound (a wilderness/leadership program).
In fact, he had led Upward Bound, a summer school program for disadvantaged kids, to prepare/encourage them to go to college.

Michael Leddy said...

I’ve taught Upward Bound (later TRIO) students!

I’m still annoyed with the Times for not correcting a photo caption that described Louis Armstrong applying balm to his “chapped lips.” No, not chapped. His lips suffered considerable damage from his playing the trumpet. He used a salve created by a German trombonist.

I sent a correction that included the description that went with the original photograph, taken by a Life photographer, not in the online Life Photo Archive: “Closeup of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong massaging his lips w. balm to keep them strong for playing his trumpet.” The Times never replied.