Josh Polchar recently spotted a hideous error in The Telegraph. Mangling English was too late to obtain the printed newspaper to determine the spelling used there, and the online version had been corrected, but the error’s legacy remains on a few websites, such as World News Inc., that trawl for news and reproduce items verbatim:
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).
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