Tuesday 25 March 2014

The Wrong Word Entirely, # 37

This notice, found on display in a care home, has several examples of acyrologia:


The misuse of bought for brought featured in The Wrong Word Entirely, # 1. It’s accompanied here by a confusion of insure for ensure and attain for obtain, and some odd phrasing and punctuation overall. Perhaps it’s intended as a test of the inmates’ mental faculties…
bought for brought; insure for ensure; attain for obtain

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