The extract supplies sufficient material for the potentially contentious split infinitive to be overlooked on this occasion. The failure to carry out spell-checking and proofreading is augmented by a failure to hyphenate, so that the final sentence gives the impression that it is the employee’s car, rather than the employee, that must be entered into the scheme.
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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