Editing Detective, Jayme Hagen

Errors can be found in even the most prestigious of places. The Accuracy Project takes a look into the World Almanac and Books of Facts. Many of the errors found in the World Almanac have to do with people's dates of birth. It is important to always fact-check to ensure the information you are reporting is accurate. There is no excuse for a misspelled name or a date of birth error.

Continuity errors

The website HorrorKing.com exists solely to point out continuity or factual errors found in horror genre books.

"In Chapter 8, subchapter 2, it says that Thad put the papers on which he had written "The Sparrows Are Flying Again" into one of the desk drawers. But later in Chapter 10, subchapter 2, when Thad shows Liz what he had written, it says that the papers were lying on top of his typewriter."

The internet allows for many critical readers to point out mistakes so it is vital to keep your credibility as a writer that you limit the amount of errors you make; people will write about it.

Blog Errors

Errors can be found on personal blogs:

Perhaps the author should have followed his own advice and proofread his copy.

There are no fact-checkers or proofreaders on blogs, so it is important you do these things yourself.


Bible Errors

There are many contradictions found throughout the Bible.









There are also many factual errors found throughout the Bible's pages.







Considering this was written that many years ago, I have a feeling that they had looser fact-checking requirements. Perhaps an updated version is needed.

Image from American Digest.