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It used to be that something with pretensions of brainyness like this article would be reviewed by at least one editor before publication, so they could catch the glaring grammatical error in the title.

Everyone can argue as much as they want that "if you understand what they meant it doesn't matter", and maybe they're right, but I still miss the pride in craftsmanship that writing "correctly" implied.

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Non-native English speaker here. What exactly is the grammatical error in: "The amount of images in circulation affects our ability to appreciate and understand them"?

It should have read, "The number of images...".

Take a look here: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/amount-vs-number/

It was the first thing that leaped out at me too, and truthfully if it had been followed with a stellar article it would have been merely annoying. Instead we were treated to exactly what you're expect from someone who can't edit a headline.

As an article, it's just a massive clot of claims presented without art or style, and certainly nothing like good evidence. It's intellectually, substantially, and systematically lazy.

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