看到路邊的廣告牌上有錯(cuò)字，你會(huì)怎么辦？大部分人可能會(huì)一笑了之，有些特別認(rèn)真的人就可能會(huì)拍照留證，向有關(guān)負(fù)責(zé)的部門投訴，或者曬在微博等社交媒體平臺(tái)上，供大家批評(píng)指正。

Guerrilla proofreading means marking up a public sign to correct or point out a grammatical error or typo. Guerrilla proofreading does seem to be a popular hobby for some people. They can get quite agitated about apostrophes, invisible hyphens, misspelled words and other such entities. People who enjoy guerrilla proofreading are called guerrilla proofreaders. (Source: Word spy)

Guerrilla proofreading指把一些公共指示牌標(biāo)記下來以糾正或指出其中的語法或拼寫錯(cuò)誤，我們可稱之為“公眾糾錯(cuò)”。有些人的確很喜歡做這種“公眾糾錯(cuò)”。他們看到省略單撇號(hào)、未顯示的連字符、拼錯(cuò)的單詞等這一類錯(cuò)誤時(shí)就會(huì)很生氣。喜歡做“公眾糾錯(cuò)”的人就被稱為“公眾糾錯(cuò)師”。

For example:

Tony is a college English teacher, and he really enjoys so-called guerrilla proofreading in his spare time. Whenever he sees something wrong on a public sign, he would mark it down and write to the government to complain about it.

托尼是一位大學(xué)英語老師，他很喜歡在業(yè)余時(shí)間做所謂的“公眾糾錯(cuò)”。只要他看到公共指示牌上有錯(cuò)，他就會(huì)記下來然后寫信到政府部門進(jìn)行投訴。

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