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Your comments: Lost in translation

Editor's note: This page features a selection of comments sent in by CNN.com users about news coverage and other issues related to the site. If you have a comment about CNN.com, e-mail us.

Secret Service officers take the intruder into custody.

(CNN) -- This is a sampling of comments received during the past week.

In your main page on the story with the immigration marches, "Si, se puede" does not mean "Yes, we can". [Immigration marches expected nationwide, April 10] "Si, se puede" means in Spanish "Yes, it can be done". "Yes, we can" would be "Si, podemos" in Spanish. You are giving the wrong meaning.
Luis, Orlando, Florida

CNN.com: Yes, it can be fixed -- and is. ¡Gracias, Luis!

Just a minor informational error. The uniformed "guards" who protect the White House are in fact United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers, not merely security guards. [Intruder arrested on White House grounds, April 9] I just believe that proper credit is due. Thank you for all your work.
Neil, Washington, D.C.

CNN.com: Thanks, Neil. That caption has been changed to give proper credit.

Katrina is not the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history. [No more Hurricane Katrinas, April 6] According to the National Hurricane Center website (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdead.html), as of 1996, there have been 2 hurricanes that were more deadly than Katrina.
Tim, Eaglesville, Pennsylvania

CNN.com: The story now says Katrina was "one of" the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history. Thanks for catching that!

The word "intelligence" is misspelled in the caption to the photo. [White House: Bush did not flip-flop on leaks, April 7] How ironic.
Bruce, Westerville, Ohio

CNN.com: Fixed. Thank you!

"...U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put a hold him,..." (no, they put a hold on him...) [Entrepreneur involved in Enzo Ferrari crash arrested, April 10]

"...The front of the red Ferrari crumpled when it slammed into a poll..." (sometimes those polls are brutal, but you can't wrap a Ferrari around one... You can, however, smash into a POLE)

Come on, guys... you are supposed to be the premier authority for accurate and engaging news; PLEASE PROOFREAD YOUR WORK -- and even the work you are posting from the Associated Press. It's shameful enough that you have to present the news at a middle-school reading level, and in half-slang, but for heaven's sake, don't add insult to injury by making us find your errors, too.
A., Pasadena, California

CNN.com: We appreciate your comments and we strive for no errors. Unfortunately, some get through. We hope to minimize those mistakes, and we've fixed the two you pointed out. Thank you!

Quick thoughts on QuickVote

I fell out of my chair when I saw that 53% of voters think 'Brokeback Mountain' is a good movie to show to prisoners!!!! [April 8] If I ever needed proof that CNN fans are a little WACKY I've got it now! Unbelievable.
Bill, St. Paul, Minnesota

CNN.com: Thanks for the feedback, Bill. The exact phrasing of that question was, "Is Brokeback Mountain too racy for prisoners?" You're right on the numbers, 53 percent of the more than 67,000 people who voted didn't think it was "too racy" for prisoners. But 47 percent did. We hope you're OK from that fall!

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