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by iainmerrick 1975 days ago
1. Why, with good tools available?

2. Can't they at least fix typos quickly?

3. I still regularly see trivial grammar errors (repeated words, etc) in opinion pieces on the Guardian, not just breaking news and liveblogs. I guess some of those opinions pieces might be treated as "fast-turnaround journalism", AKA "hot takes". The rate of simple typos there makes me wonder about more important things like factual accuracy.

Edit to add: reading the article more closely, it sounds like they've only started using this new system quite recently, so hopefully it will help them improve. I stand by my opinion that in recent years the rate of typos and grammar errors has been higher on the Guardian than most other comparable news sites.

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It's worth noting that Typerighter doesn't include a dictionary yet – it only helps our journalists with style-guide related errors. A dictionary is on the roadmap, though.