July 8, 2012 / 5:46PM 26 notes

peterfeld:

Keith Haring’s iconic wall offers not only a warning about drug addiction, but also a vital lesson in copy editing for anyone who spells it “whack.”

110% agree.  you only include the H if it’s a verb, e.g. “whack-a-mole”

peterfeld:

Keith Haring’s iconic wall offers not only a warning about drug addiction, but also a vital lesson in copy editing for anyone who spells it “whack.”

110% agree.  you only include the H if it’s a verb, e.g. “whack-a-mole”

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  1. talix18 said: Thank you for this lesson.
  2. talix18 reblogged this from peterfeld and added:
    This is one I usually get wrong.
  3. mollybierman reblogged this from peterfeld and added:
    sure; I can support this extended definition. I guess implicit in my earlier comment is that I only (yet regularly) use...
  4. peterfeld reblogged this from mollybierman and added:
    “Whack” if used literally, e.g.: “whacked him on the head” or “a whack on the head” (or “whack-a-mole”); also, “that...
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