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 June 2016
Double-take, # 239
Dr Faustus spotted this in his local EE shop:
Apologies’; shut from 5:30 tonight we apologise […]; To Our Valued Customers
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