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).
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Not Washed or Cooked, # 288
Dr Faustus recently contributed a mangle from the application form for the graduate trainee scheme of The Financial Times. He seems to have persevered with the application, and the FT form with its mangles:
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