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…
Contributions and suggestions welcome. (… Also corrections if required, obviously!) Send to: manglingenglishATgmxDOTcom, stating your nom de mangle (if desired).
Friday 7 March 2014
Double-take, # 54
Like yesterday’s mangle, today’s submission, spotted in Stratford (on Avon?) by John Holloway, is also focused on crème anglaise:*
* Apparently the business name is not a noun-verb combination, but intended as a genitive form. custurd
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