Businesses that don't bother checking their websites, journalists who write gibberish and balderdash, professionals who can't take the extra time and effort to spell-check and proofread, newspapers that turn tragedy into farce through solecisms, plus the odd guide to solving common grammatical difficulties…
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Wednesday 14 August 2013
Not Washed or Cooked, # 49
Yesterday’s mangle demonstrated confusion between complimentary and complementary (or was perhaps an unchecked typographical error). This text has the correct word, but definitely needed spell-checking…
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