[raffi]

This paragraph is from a NY Times article. Can you find the error in it?

Still Mr. Franken said the whole experience had been disconcerting. “It’s a weird thing: people are always asking me and Franni, ‘Are you okay?’ ” he said, referring to his wife. “As sort of life crises go, this is low on the totem poll. But it is weird, it’s a strange thing.”

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[frossie]

Besides the spelling mistake, is "As sort of life crises go" a valid expression? Should that read "As far as life crises go"?

[norova]

I was thinking the same thing. In fact, it distracted me so much that I missed the "poll" mistake. :P

[pclark]

awesome example.

[TheSOB88]

You're not done yet - it needs a comma after "still".

My sentence needs the period moved to the left a bit.

[jpd]

My sentence needs the period moved to the left a bit.

Not if you're English.