Muphry's law
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title:
Muphry's law
text:
Muphry's law is an adage that states: "If you write anything criticizing editing or proofreading, there will be a fault of some kind in what you have written." The name is a deliberate misspelling of "Murphy's law". Names for variations on the principle have also been coined, usually in the context of online communication, including:
- Umhoefer's or Umhöfer's rule: "Articles on writing are themselves badly written." Named after editor Joseph A. Umhoefer.
- Skitt's law: "Any post correcting a
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encyclopedia
description:
Adage related to Murphy's Law
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
date created:
2008-07-16T18:01:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T07:15:59Z
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