More than a typo
Muphry’s Law
I learned about Muphry’s Law today, thanks to the ACES Weekly News.
No, that’s not a misspelling, although it sure looks like one! Muphry’s Law is a play on Murphy’s Law - you know, the one that says if things can go wrong, they will go wrong? - but it’s directed toward editors and writers. Well, anyone who writes or edits.
Muphry’s Law asserts that if someone disparages the spelling or grammar of another, the disparagement itself will also contain an error.
How many of us have experienced that phenomenon? Or maybe the one where we notice a typo in a formal email after we’ve sent it? Well, now you have a name for it. Read more here: Muphry’s Law
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