Google needs a copy editor Nov22 '06

This is terrible writing:

Today we launched a new feature of Google Calendar: "Search public events." It lets you search over public events added by others using Calendar and also events we've added by working with partners to provide movie listings, concerts, and all sorts of other fun events.

How many times is the word "events" repeated? I count five.

There are many reasons we wanted to build this feature, but mainly because some of us on the team moved to New York last year to work in our office there.

And exactly what does that have to do with being able to search for public events?

Needless to say, we wanted to experience everything that the city had to offer but had trouble finding all the fun and fascination that New York has to offer.

The phrases "had to offer," and "has to offer" sound awkward. It's also using both past and present tense.

We thought if we made public events searchable, we could find interesting events with little effort by encouraging people to share interesting events.

Again, "events" is said three times in one sentence. Not only that, but the phrase "interesting events" is also repeated, which also sounds awkward.

Google clearly needs a copy editor for their blog posts.

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