Muphry's Law
Muphry's Law is the editorial application of the better-known Murphy's Law.Muphry's Law dictates that:
(a) if you write anything criticising editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written;
(b) if an author thanks you in a book for your editing or proofreading, there will be mistakes in the book;
(c) the stronger the sentiment expressed in (a) and (b), the greater the fault;
(d) any book devoted to editing or style will be internally inconsistent.
With acknowledgment to John Bangsund
of the Society of Editors, Victoria, Australia, who invented Muphry's Law.Hartman's Law of Prescriptivist Retaliation
Similar to Muphry's Law, this dictates that:Any article or statement about correct grammar, punctuation or spelling is bound to contain at least one eror.
With acknowledgment to Jed Hartman
