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[akarunway 1]

is this? What's the lowdown? http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/sky-diving-as-agri-tourism-never-mind/2226453

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[skymama 37]

Well, since the article says it is Skydive Live, I would presume it's Skydive Live.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[MikeJD 0]

Somewhat off-topic, but it always surprises me that journalists never seem to know how to write 'skydiving'.

Aside from the fact that a simple web search would solve the issue for them, more surprising to me is that they almost invariably seem to write it different ways within the same article - 'skydiving', 'sky diving', 'sky-diving' - as though taking comfort in the thought that at least they'll be right some of the time!

[ryoder 1,590]

MikeJD

Somewhat off-topic, but it always surprises me that journalists never seem to know how to write 'skydiving'.

Aside from the fact that a simple web search would solve the issue for them, more surprising to me is that they almost invariably seem to write it different ways within the same article - 'skydiving', 'sky diving', 'sky-diving' - as though taking comfort in the thought that at least they'll be right some of the time!

At least they didn't write it as "skyjumping".

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[riggerrob 643]

Sloppy typing and sloppy editing
cause all that miss-spelling .
When I attended
journalism school, professors were offended
if we did not spell like the Canadian Press Style book.

Is there no similar style book for Standard American English?

[TriGirl 343]

riggerrob

Sloppy typing and sloppy editing
cause all that miss-spelling .
When I attended
journalism school, professors were offended
if we did not spell like the Canadian Press Style book.

Is there no similar style book for Standard American English?

AP Style Guide (though some, such as the Wall Street Journal, have their own style guides).

As to the other comment, also note how it is spelled correctly earlier in the article. This leads me to believe that when the story was formatted for print, "skydiving" needed to be hyphenated to wrap half of it to the next line. The format will stay as such when posted online. Happens a lot.

See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus

Shut Up & Jump!

[BIGUN 1,488]

MikeJD

Somewhat off-topic, but it always surprises me that journalists never seem to know how to write 'skydiving'.

Aside from the fact that a simple web search would solve the issue for them, more surprising to me is that they almost invariably seem to write it different ways within the same article - 'skydiving', 'sky diving', 'sky-diving' - as though taking comfort in the thought that at least they'll be right some of the time!

Maybe they still use an antiquated word processing system that still red squiggley's the word skydiving, so they break it up or add a hyphen.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[Niki1 2]

riggerrob

Sloppy typing and sloppy editing
cause all that miss-spelling .
When I attended
journalism school, professors were offended
if we did not spell like the Canadian Press Style book.

Is there no similar style book for Standard American English?

Reading most journalists today is like a gossip column written by a scatter brained twit. What ever happened to putting the who, what, when, where, why, and how in the lead paragraph? The relevant information is spread out through the entire article. I don't know if the level of journalism is the cause or effect of the dumbing down of the population but it's disappointing in any case.

I'm glad they didn't use, "jumping out of parachutes."

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[riggerrob 643]

You are missing "top down" journalism.
"Top down" journalism tries to put three facts in the first sentence and the last two facts in the second sentence.
The "top down" style was developed by daily newspapers to ease the editing process. If a daily editor had to shorten a news item by a line or two, he could easily delete the last two sentences, confident that none of the facts would disappear.
The last few sentences usually repeat what was said yesterday per the day before. This allows regular readers to quickly scan the first few sentences for today's updates.
The other purpose of " top down" journalism is to catch the readers' attention. Few of us read an entire news article from top to bottom any more.