Monday, November 17, 2008

Editing/Typesetting Error?





If a mistake can slip through watchful eyes, further measures need be taken.






Zeti (Central Bank Governor now appointed in UN financial panel), however, remains pragmatic about over the impact of the US financial crisis, and resulting global economic downturn, on Malaysia but is confident the country will be able to ride out the storm.

The above sentence is taken from the Cover Feature Malaysia is good for now, the first part of the assessment of a series (under different headlines) of issues surrounding the domestic and international economy disclosed by the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia) in an interview.

Such first part has, among other measures, mentioned that the central bank has taken the step to guarantee all deposits in Malaysia reassuring investors (and consumers as well) that the banking system is strong enough to withstand the financial turmoil. This has confirmed what has been stated in my earlier post Not a correct clause - or a matter of perception or prejudice?

As for the sentence in the first paragraph, it has been found to contain an additional preposition 'over' which can conveniently be discarded without changing its meaning as Zeti, however, remains pragmatic about the impact of the US financial crisis, and resulting global economic downturn, on Malaysia but is confident the country will be able to ride out the storm.

No endeavor is worse than that which is not attempted.
-- Mexican Proverb

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