An editor stuck up a notice above his desk. It read, "Accuracy!  Accuracy!  Accuracy!" and he always pointed¹ it out to the new reporters.

 

One day a young reporter came to hand in his report of a public meeting. The editor read it through and noticed the sentence, "Three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine eyes were fixed² upon the speaker."

 

He demanded angrily, "What do you mean by making a stupid mistake like that?" The reporter protested, "But it's not a mistake. There was a one-eyed man in the audience."

 

有个主编在他的办公桌的上方贴了一条标语，写着“准确”“ 准确”“准确！”而且总是向新来的记者指出它。

 

有一天，有个年轻的记者交给他一篇关于一个公众大会的报道。主编认真审阅时注意到有一句话是“三千九百九十九只眼睛都注视着发言的人。”

 

他就很生气的责问到：“犯了这么愚蠢的错误。你怎么搞的嘛？”记者申辩道：“这可不是错误，听众中有一个人是瞎了一只眼睛的。”

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