Writing is Revision

I bet you've seen this image:

Yep, the President's healthcare speech with all the revisions.

See the almost full page here, at the White House's Flickr site -- "President Barack Obama and Jon Favreau, head speechwriter, edit a speech on health care in the Oval Office, Sept. 9, 2009, in preparation for the president's address to a joint session of Congress. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)"

It's so terrifically amazingly wonderful to have a literate President who cares about getting writing right.

Proofreading Matters

From CAC.OPHONY: Conversations in Communication Across the Curriculum via Talking Points Memo: Click on the image to see the error better.

Not New, Still True

And funny! I've posted this video before: The The Impotence of Proofreading by Taylor Mali.