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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Monday, 21 March 2016
Multimangle, # 45
From the inbox of Dr Faustus. It started off quite well, but then went very wrong…
What is your name and contact number? Where do you buy your clothes, please list 5 online and high street stops in orderr of preference?
I wasn't aware that year olds bought their own clothes or had occupations (apart from screaming, sucking their thumbs and filling their nappies) - and why do they only want 18 to 30 of them?
I wasn't aware that year olds bought their own clothes or had occupations (apart from screaming, sucking their thumbs and filling their nappies) - and why do they only want 18 to 30 of them?
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