tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post2178838714695162823..comments2023-10-08T00:53:44.578-07:00Comments on The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar: Copy Editing: It WorksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-66321430288028657352009-12-07T18:12:24.954-08:002009-12-07T18:12:24.954-08:00I wish I could be so busy, Barry.I wish I could be so busy, Barry.Martha Brockenbroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921299935406060841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25077391.post-84785448484605725582009-12-07T13:14:33.482-08:002009-12-07T13:14:33.482-08:00«the lobby is busy with clean-looking families who...<i>«the lobby is busy with clean-looking families who are up and Adam»</i><br /><br />I was trying to sort out who Adam was, until I went to the original NYT article and read the 'graph there:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/fashion/03JANZEN.html?pagewanted=all<br />For some reason, the full context was what I needed to figure out the error.<br /><br />The lobby's being busy reminds me of a business memo sent out some years ago by an executive at my company. The memo contained a typo for "busy" that included a spurious "t".Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.com