Re: BBC's WALKING WITH DINOSAURS Website

[Jerry Hodges <fossils@inreach.com>]

Hello,
     I too am somewhat turned off by typos, and other easily corrected mistakes.
I did not see the text where the word "it's" or "its" is used, so I do not know
which one you believe to be correct.  A common error made today is to use 
"it's",
with the apostophe, to mean possessive when it actually means "it is", or "it
has"; a conjunction.  The possessive for "it" should be "its".  Reading back 
over
my post, I cannot help but think that I must be sounding a little bit anal.  I
believe that if one is going to create a site as complex as the BBC site, one
should take time to make sure everything is correct.
My two cents,
Jerry

NJPharris@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/14/99 6:17:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> majestic_cheese@yahoo.com writes:
>
> > I haven't looked at it too closely yet, but it is
> >  colorful and quotes at least one Dinosaur Mailing List
> >  subscriber!  Can you guess who?  Check it out:
> >
> >  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/
>
> I have to admit I found it disappointing.  I would have thought the BBC would
> be a little more careful.  I mostly checked out the pterosaurs and theropods.
>  _Quetzalcoatlus_ has an old-school low head with rear crest (as in _Illo'ed
> Encyc. of Pterosaurs_); _Ornithocheirus_ is pictured as a _Tropeognathus_
> (which at least some specimens referred to the genus emphatically are not),
> and it is claimed that _O._ inhabited both England and Brazil;
> _Tyrannosaurus_ looks rather sluggish and lacks the S-shaped neck;
> _Utahraptor_ is listed as coming from Utah and Brazil (I can only assume they
> are confusing it with _Megaraptor_).
>
> Plus, the whole thing was peppered with not terrifically important but
> annoying and easily correctible typos that make the presentation look sloppy
> (of the "therapod" or "its" vs. "it's" variety).
>
> Again, I expected more from an organization as respected (at least over here)
> as the BBC.
>
> Wet-blanketishly yours,
> Nick P.
> Olympia, WA, Cascadia