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This Week's Corrections

In the lead article of November 23's Prince George Free Press, we apologize for our author using the word "upmost" when it is likely he actually meant to use "utmost." We realize that the definitions of the two words might be marginally similar, but we also accept that it is unlikely the author has even heard the first word used, except perhaps during little events that run inside his skull.

We also apologize for the same author using the nonexistent word "its'" in an article on page A10. While not directly dealing with the sloppy placement of an apostrophe in this particular word, we have recommended to the author that he regularly refer to this useful reference tool.

We also regret the wealth of illiterate buffoons who reared their ugly heads in the leadup to last week's civic elections and the fact that they showed off their own particular knowledge deficits in our "Prince George Votes" insert. In particular, we regret the following:

• a candidate who used "conscientious" when she meant "conscious," although we do applaud her ability to use spell check.
• a candidate who used "know" instead of "no."
• a candidate who regularly strung out lengthy, punctuation-free sentences, such as "My business is down town and I am married to [Person X] operates her own business [Name Here] down town as well or she did until her business in the [Other Name Here] was burnt down." This candidate also called himself a "businessan."
• a candidate who used "to" instead of "two."
• a candidate who used "its'."
• another candidate who felt punctuation was unimportant, in sentences such as "If Prince George is going to be the Northern Capital, then it should pay attention to, what Calgary Edmonton Vancouver and Okanagan are doing to encourage growth."

We don't promise that these were the only errors for this week, but we're honestly too tired and irritated to continue looking. But we'll likely be back with more next week.