Although the Nation is far better than any of its local competitors, it is not perfect. One thing that annoys me are the too regular mistakes in grammar, especially in headlines. For example, a current front page headline reads: "Princess Sirindhorn asks officials to care ___ people paying tribute" (Errors are marked green.) The sense is still clear, but it sounds awful.

I'm not a grammar obsessive, and would almost never comment on a similar error in a Blog post (I make plenty of typos myself, and even the odd grammar bloop when I don't proof before posting), but this is the front page headline, on an important topic, and with all due respect, it looks really sloppy to let such things be published. It would be more professional to have them competently proofread before letting them go online. It is clear that reports are not so proofed before being released.

Another example is the first sentence of another current front page article "People mourn over the loss of the great princess" (this headline could also be better written where indicated) which reads, "Ups ten thousand of Thai people assembled together and paid respect to the portrait of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana." Teh following sentence, concerning His Majesty the King, is even more garbled. In fact, I've just reread the article, and almost every sentence contains errors! Again, this looks very sloppy and unprofessional. If it was only an occasional slip, I wouldn't care, but it's not rare, it's common. 

I'm sure the Nation can do better.