Abuse in Signage, Apostrophe Abuse, Capitalisation
Brimful of Error’s
Here's a cracker sent in by Kat Harbourne. Actual plurals are often tricky to get right, so why bother? Just stick to the single form and use an apostrophe - that'll be fine. However, in this example, ...
An Unfornate Postition
My job sometimes requires me to conduct job interviews. This means that, as part of the process of recruiting new staff, I frequently have to deal with recruitment agencies. Now we must be clear on one thing: this blog is not the place for me to rant about the efficacy, diligence, ...
Revel revel, your copy’s a mess.
New reader Luke has dropped us an email. "I've spotted at least three errors on the new share size packets of Revels with the new flavour. I notice a missing period, teeth-grinding misuse of the word 'lose' and the word 'limited' misspelled.Needless to say, an email to Mars' customer service department ...
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