Internet lists headlines that ‘shouldn’t have been written’ and it will make you LOL hard

These epic headline fails are not new, but were brought up because well one particular grammatical error could not be missed

By: Shamita Harsh |
November 1, 2017 6:14 pm

Are you a copy-editor? Or finicky about grammar? Then these headline fails will make you cringe. Or laugh.

When John P Lopez tweeted a picture of The Pratt Tribune highlighting a particular problem that the organisation seemed to have missed, it became a subject of debate. The tweet, featuring a poorly-written newspaper headline, has gone viral reducing people to tears.. of laughter. It reads: “Students get first hand job experience.” The copy-ed responsible seems to be pretty stingy with his/her hyphens.

The ‘hyphenation debate’ debate that followed is worthy of a binge-read session, with some buttery popcorn by the side.

As far as media organisations go, it isn’t such a big deal for having typos, grammatical mistakes, happens all the time, right? But then Twitter began to share other epic headline fails:

pic.twitter.com/hsezVdhsbr

— Ian Parry-Okeden (@IanParryO) October 30, 2017

Or this

@FeitsBarstool would you rather… pic.twitter.com/l7vPbyeHZ7

— AOrp (@AOrp27) October 29, 2017

Or a lucky teen maybe?

Lucky teen. I think. pic.twitter.com/ct95iwPE7Q

— Rhys (@williamsr_34) October 30, 2017

Or simply

pic.twitter.com/b2kP4H3LM1

— Emily (@ThePlanetEmily) October 30, 2017

The grammar police was there in a jiffy to bust out the gross mistake (in case you consider it a mistake, the verdict isn’t out yet guys)

Busted! pic.twitter.com/zxjIyISLZL

— Ted Cox (@tedcoxchicago) October 31, 2017

It got interesting when people demanded proofreaders and pretended mirth with the hyphen issue

“Should we cut the proofreader in the next round of layoffs?”
“Yes, absolutely.”

— New Face of Cancer (@NewFaceofCance1) October 30, 2017

And whoever said that hyphenation is an old-fashioned practice, would you please stand up?

Our house style discourages the hyphenisation of adjectival phrases, viewing the practice as old fashioned. I’ll send this to the Comms Dir.

— Malcolm Edwards (@MSEPlanning) October 31, 2017

For anyone who is still confused, a Twitter user was kind enough to provide a helpful link:

Did you do that on purpose? https://t.co/O4BexC4K5Y

— Kambeii (@Kambeii) October 31, 2017

And to end all discussion, ‘coz poof this is such a non-issue

As others have pointed out, not a hyphen issue. Firsthand. Secondhand. Any hand.

— Omar Khayyam (@TheMovingFingr) October 31, 2017

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So, what is your call, Firsthand or first-hand?

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