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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Saturday 4 July 2015
Double-take, # 166
This is extracted from a genuine Google email, and is a useful reminder that a spell-checker can check only the accuracy of spelling, not the accuracy of content:
[email of 24/06/15 advertising Father’s Day offer ending 21/06/15]
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