Red or Black TV show website

Hello

This is the first post I've done so quickly and in fact it's being done while the TV show in question is still on!

I decided to play along online, just for some fun in participating and I decided to read the instructions on how to play as I didn't really know anything about the game. It was during this read through that I noticed the following spelling mistake - which just so happens to be the mistake I hate the most!

The error is in the middle sentence where it says 'You must make your choice before the countdown reaches 0 or you will loose that round.' LOOSE? It's LOSE - please people get this right! Don't even know why this error annoys me the most, maybe because it's such a common error so I see it everywhere.

Newz Bar menu

This error comes courtesy of Carol :) Carol is very good at spotting errors and likes to pass them onto me but she won't just tell me what she's found, she makes me work for it by sending a link and letting me find it myself lol.

The following link showcases a whole array of spelling errors, one of which is a consistent error, meaning it wasn't just a typo, it was lack of knowledge on how to spell the word: http://www.newzbar.co.uk/menu.pdf

The first screenshot shows one main error and a couple of minor ones. Let's start with the main one - 'Pawn salad' which should obviously be Prawn salad and in the bit just underneath they do go on to spell it correctly, making this a simple typo - yet written in bold, it seems to stand out more.

The second error is something which I think I'm being a little picky over and may not be too important, but I feel it warrants a small mention. At the top on the right hand side underneath the main title of 'Grilled chicken' it goes on to describe it as 'Grill chicken served with chips...'. To me this doesn't flow very well and it really should repeat the title as it is grilled chicken and not grill chicken.

The third error is again being a little picky but underneath the 'Beer battered fish & chips' the description goes on to mention Homemade tartare sauce - ok was there really a need for a capital letter in the middle of the description? It just appears randomly and as it is in the middle of a sentence, it should be lowercase.

On to the next screenshot.
The first error on this section, an error repeated a second time, is that according to this menu both the Welsh Rarebit and the Homemade Beef Burger come with 'chedder' cheese. This is a silly mistake to make and one that could have been easily rectified by just Googling the spelling. Although I suppose if you have no reason to believe it isn't spelt that way then why check it out? This should have been 'cheddar'.
The second error is another spelling one. The menu incorrectly spells the word 'worcester' as 'worchester', not quite the same ring to it.

Ok, last screenshot I promise :)
Again only one 'error' on this bit and to be fair this is an error I make myself, not specifically in the same way but it's a word I'm never sure how to spell...and that word is 'humous' which appears under Mediterranean Vegetable Wrap. I did have to Google this to make sure of the correct spelling and Google is happy with both hummus and houmous but not humous. That said, there are plenty of articles more than willing to spell it the same way as on this menu so I'm not convinced that this is a genuine 'error'.

So all in all, there are a fair amount of errors on this menu and this restaurant/bar is considered one of the top 100 'World's Best Bars' (number 43 in fact) and boasts famous visitors and WAGs. You would think for such a prestigious bar that they would ensure their menu would be correct. 

Party Pieces Website spelling error

This spelling error comes courtesy of Karen, who found it on the party pieces website. The specific web address for this error is http://www.partypieces.co.uk/kids-party-children-s-parties-party-supplies/kids-party-themes/hello-kitty-red-apple-party.html

In the paragraph at the top of this page you will see that the word gorgeous has been incorrectly spelled as 'gorgous'. A simple typo to make but one that hasn't been noticed for a while as Karen first sent me the info on this error at the beginning of July and I took this screen shot tonight.

Digital Spy spelling error

Hello all

Apologies for the long break (not including my recent Italian blog post), life just seems to have taken over as it so often can :)

Anyway I'm going to (hopefully) get back into the swing of posting all the errors I've had saved up. I'm going to start with the latest one, purely because I found it only last night so it's still fresh in my mind.

As you will have gathered from the title, this error was discovered on the digital spy website (an otherwise brilliant website!) on a news article about Demi Lovato - God knows why I was reading this in the first place! I think I was intrigued by the idea of a 'sober party' and wanted to see if that was literally just a party with no alcohol and it was. Little did I know I would also find a spelling error/typo.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a336660/demi-lovato-throws-sober-birthday-party-in-la.html

The error comes in the form of spelling her song name incorrectly, 'Skypscraper' rather than 'Skyscraper'. I did check this out as I thought it was strange she would be singing about Skype but hey, you never know. Further down the page where it leads to further links of interest to Demi Lovato fans, the song name is again spelled incorrectly as 'Skyscaper' so a whole different spelling this time.

I know Demi Lovato isn't going to be high up on many people's lists of 'stars to read about' but that doesn't mean she deserves to have her song name spelled incorrectly...twice. I say this in jest as I know these are just accidental typos but it should have been checked.

Rome, Italy

I've just come home from a weeks holiday in Rome with 3 of my friends. We had a great time and ate in some really nice places. The reason I'm writing about this here is because I wanted to mention the English we saw on the menus. Now I know it's quite unfair to put it on here which is why I don't have any specific examples; and I know that at least they put their menus in English, you wouldn't find many restaurants here that would put their menu in another language. But still, it was quite amusing at times how they spelled various words and also if they didn't know the English word they would just repeat the Italian :)
I would like to point out again that I was extremely impressed with their attempt to make everything understandable to us English lot who seem to refuse to learn other languages efficiently enough to be able to converse with people, even when we're in their country. Despite this, I still thought it worth a mention :)

Groupon Email Spelling Error

I received my daily offer from Groupon this morning and discovered, in addition to '74% off Laser Lipo', I could also purchase "Collegen" face masks. As you will see, 'collagen' has been spelled incorrectly. This spelling mistake is on the email header, the first thing everyone sees when they go into their emails - bit of a mistake there!
The word is spelled correctly later in the email however, showing that this is probably just a typo- either that or written by two different people with different views on how to spell this word :)

American TV News programmes

Today is the day the world is finally rid of Osama Bin Laden. Two errors surrounding this story have been brought to my attention today - one from my friend Carol Gillies and the other via Twitter @SethGreen.

After years of talking about the man, you'd think the news people would have learned to spell his name, and more importantly not confuse him with the President of the United States:

According to comments underneath this twitpic, this error was left on screen for over an hour, leading some people to think this was an intentional error. However I cannot see the motivation behind this and can see no reason why this would be the case. To be fair Obama and Osama are close spellings, but it can't be a typo really as the b and the s are a fair distance away from each other on a keyboard. It's also possible that it was meant to read 'Reports: Obama: Bin Laden is dead' as though quoting what the President had said in his speech. I don't think that would be the best option either really, having two words following each other, both with colons. However it should read, it's not correct as it stands.

Through Twitter I noticed that @Seth Green had posted a still of another error on a news programme:

As you can see 'Usama' has been written in error and should read 'Osama.' I particularly liked Seth Green's tweet in respect to this:' Huh. No wonder it took so long- all this time we were looking for 'Osama'' It did make me laugh.

As you've no doubt noticed, both these errors come from Fox News, which according to some of the comments on the website, isn't surprising. Obviously I cannot comment on that, not being a viewer of Fox News.

Tesco.com website

This is a spelling error I found recently and I only found it because I also spelt the word incorrectly! lol How ironic :) Anyway I was searching the website to find out the price of the dark chocolate cocoa powder from Cadbury's called Bournville cocoa powder. Now I just typed it in how I thought it was spelt, which was Bourneville and Tesco gave me approximately 4 products based on that spelling.

However, one thing I noticed which the copy writer failed to (despite having the picture next to them) is that the word is spelt (obviously correctly lol) on the product image - so how can you get it wrong when it's there looking at you? I always find this happens with my name in work - people will email me and spell my name incorrectly and sometimes even call me something completely different, despite the fact that my name will have popped up in Outlook, I also have my name in my business signature - just pay attention people! Anyway sorry, I digress...photo below:

Digital Spy website

www.digitalspy.co.uk is one of my favourite websites, as I can read all about my favourite TV shows (and hopefully manage to avoid spoilers at the same time).

The latest error I have come across is from this website and was the main article on the USTV news page (it probably won't be now as it's constantly changing).

As you can see, underneath the headline is says the 'chatshow hots's birthday. Clearly this was meant to read 'chatshow host's birthday' - a simple typo to make, though sometimes I do wonder if these web page and email sending people actually just type it ASAP and press send the second they're finished without bothering to read over it? To be fair, I'm guilty of that, mostly on my other blog, but my words are only going to be seen by 35 people or thereabouts! Not there for the masses to see.

Krispy Kreme Website

The American doughnut shop, Krispy Kreme has recently opened a store in Liverpool One, prompting an opening day visit from Carol and myself. Now normally I'm not a big lover of doughnuts - except jam doughnuts which are yummy and covered in sugar - but the smell of warm doughnuts really makes me feel quite ill and to imagine eating one is even worse. Luckily, the Krispy Kreme doughnuts are cold and come in many different flavours such as cookies and kreme (intentional incorrect spelling), lemon meringue pie and strawberries and kreme.

As I had never visited a Krispy Kreme before, I decided to have a look on the website before going along, to see what I might fancy buying (I didn't want to be that person at the front of the queue, unable to decide what they want and annoying everyone around them). As I did this however, I came across a word spelled incorrectly.

Apologies for the poor image, it's the best I can do - although you can visit here to see it properly, just scroll down to the bottom of the page. As you will see, the word 'rasberry' has been spelled incorrectly and should read 'raspberry'. Now I do feel raspberry is one of those tricky words with a useless letter put in the middle of the word, I'm sure with the express purpose of making spelling difficult for people - can anyone tell me what the point of it is? Either way, no matter which side of the argument you're on, the spelling is currently 'raspberry' thereby, unfortunately, making this an error on the Krispy Kreme website.

On the plus side, I did like their doughnuts!

It's a Doddle website

I came across a spelling error today on the website www.itsadoddle.com - more specifically http://www.itsadoddle.com/wedding/events/uploaded_files/Royal%20Beach%20Nov%202011%20Wedding%20Show%20Media%20Pack%20V1_1.pdf

I was looking for a possible publication to send an article off to but came across this mistake instead:

As you can see, the author of this article spelled 'disappointment' incorrectly with two s's and 1 p. We all do this from time to time with a variety of words so it is excusable to make the mistake but not to leave it unchecked.

Disney's Hercules DVD

Hello all

It has been some time since my last post - life has just been a bit hectic and has been getting in the way of the day to day things - such as this blog! My apologies and I will strive to post more often.

Today's error is courtesy of my friend Carol who came to mine last night and discovered this error on my Hercules DVD case. There is a song in the film (which we watched) called Zero to Hero and as part of the bonus extras on the DVD there is a sing-a-long version of the song - it's such a shame however, that they name the song as 'Zero the Hero'.

A small error that I doubt any child will ever notice but Carol did and it's an error that was easily avoidable by just knowing the song title properly! :-)

Hope you're all out enjoying the sunshine!

I will update with a photo as soon as I take one

Moonpig.com (US site)

Dear all

After perusing the Moonpig.com (US) website for 2 birthday cards (for an hour! honestly), I came across the following error:

I know the writing isn't the clearest but you should just be able to make out that 'Aunite' should read 'Auntie', unless there's a new kind of relation out there that I've not heard about? As depicted above - it's a 'SCANDAL!'

BBC News online article

The following screen dump shows part of an article from the BBC News website. The article is about the collapse of part of a glacier following the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The error is a simple one - a spelling mistake with one missing letter:

It is in the 4th paragraph of the main article (ignore the bold type at the top) and the misspelled word is 'disloged' which should be 'dislodged'

Confused.com Article

Dear all - it's been a while, apologies, I've been so busy, but I have still been taking notes of all the errors I come across which have been stored on a Word document, complete with print screen shots for you :-)

However I will go against the grain and start with the most recent discovery. The error itself is in an article I was directed to from a Confused.com email I received this morning. The article was about the potential EU ruling, which may conclude that higher car insurance prices for men are sexist - don't even get me started on that!

Anyway, the screen shot I took is as follows:

The picture is huge so you can read it :) Both small errors are in the first line of the last paragraph of the article:

"If you are due to renew a motor insurance get a quote quote ahead of the 1 March ruling."

As you can see, the 'a' should ideally be 'your' and the second 'quote' is redundant and probably just an oversight.

If you would like to read the whole article, it can be found here

Buzz Playstation 2 game

Yes, odd as it may sound, the above computer game had a spelling error on it! I can't even remember the question now but they spelt 'fascinate' as 'fasonate' which just isn't acceptable really. I'm sure the game must have been checked and checked again for its facts but obviously not for its spellings!

My Memory email

Another email mistake has shown itself but this time from My Memory. The error was only in the email headline and doesn't appear again throughout the body of the email:

Flash Sale - Must End Mighnight Tonight

As you can see, midnight has not been spelled correctly. An easy mistake to make that I'm sure everyone has done at some point or another where you start spelling the end of the word at another point within that word, but as always it's a case that these errors are being missed before being sent out en masse.

 

FairFX email

I received an email from FairFX today telling me about their refer-a-friend offer they have on right now. I was almost at the end of the email before I spotted the error:

Just to remember to explain to the people that your share your voucher code or link with that we’ll waive the normal new card order fee of £9.95* PLUS give them an extra £2.50** if they load more than £250 in their first transaction.

The first highlighted word above shouldn't be there, an accidental addition to the sentence.

The second highlighted word should read 'you' rather than 'your'. Another simple mistake.

Come on people, where are your checkers?

Error - Daily Mail website

This error was sent to me by my friend Carol - thanks :) I think it should be just big enough for you to read - I hope. Well it's the best you're going to get :p

The bottom of the picture is the funniest bit; "done but with errors on the page!" Lol - don't we know it? Does that come as standard at the bottom of all Daily Mail articles?

Ok, the article in general isn't very good, a few poor bits. Although technically it makes sense, the following is badly written: 'The general point is very clear in this country: that is that it takes a pretty serious crime to get yourself sent to prison' 'That is that it???' doesn't sound so great, though as Carol pointed out to me, it probably does sound better when spoken.

One thing I wasn't sure on was 'uncharted territory' as soon as I saw it thought it should be unchartered territory' but when I googled it, it seemed to be happy with both uses so that has made me doubt myself. As I cannot come to a conclusion about this, I don't think it is fair to call it an error, but I'm going to leave it here in case anyone can shed any light on the situation.

The last and most obvious mistake I noticed was 'And as a result you have broken the contract with society to such a serious extent that you have lost all of those rights: your that you have lost all of those rights: your liberty and your right to vote' Can I put that up for the award of worst sentence ever? Bad use of colons is the smallest mistake (probably should be a semi colon or comma, but then again had the sentence been written properly, who knows what the sentence structure would be) and then the rest of it is awful - they look like they have just copied/cut and paste the sentence in and ended up repeating themselves.

Thanks again to Carol - keep sending them in everyone!

Error - NHS Discounts Email

A culprit yet again! Tut tut

Make sure you use you benefits and visit NHS Discounts electricals for the latest prices. Products change weekly

The above sentence should read 'Make sure you use your benefits...'

Silly mistake

Typing Error - BBC website

I think I'm starting to notice these errors all the time now, even without intentionally searching for them - as with this one. I was just reading a news article for the information as opposed to scouring it for errors and came across these 2 errors:

"I truly believe government is being too restrictive in his particular matter," said Robert Jackson, a Harlem Democrat. "It's a totalitarian society that's going to have this type of restrictions." See the full article here

Error number 1 is definitely a typing error as I'm sure the speaker would have actually said 'in this particular matter' rather than 'in his particular matter' as written above.

Error number 2 - I'm not sure whether this is a typing error again or whether Robert Jackson said it this way. The last sentence should ideally read "It's a totalitarian society that's going to have this type of restriction" (without an s on the end) OR "It's a totalitarian society that's going to have these types of restrictions" (which requires a few additional changes).

We will never know the answer to error 2 but I won't be losing any sleep over it :)

Spelling Error - Groupon email

Hello again

Today's error was from an email I received from Groupon:

Organic Vegatable Delivery

This was part of the title of the email. Apart from the fact that 'VEGETABLE' is spelt wrong, there was nothing in the email about organic vegetable delivery, whatever way they spelt it! I noticed however that in today's Groupon email, the same service was advertised but they had reduced the title to organic veg delivery. Who knows whether that is because they realised the spelling mistake, or they were just trying to use less characters.  

 

 

Merseymart Newspaper

I am not a big reader of newspapers or magazines so as yet I have failed to find any errors in a printed publication - barring restaurant menu's of course. :-) But yesterday, the 27th January 2011 Merseymart newspaper (a local Liverpool newspaper) was staring at me begging to be read, so I though why not? I'll give it a go.

In this printed paper I managed to find 3 errors, which I suppose isn't too bad when you think about how much content there is in a newspaper. One of them was an advert so the paper themselves couldn't really be blamed, though had it been checked properly, maybe they could have had it changed.

Anyway here goes. To the left is the offending advert. Now there is nothing wrong with the language (that I noticed) but I'm thinking that maybe they should have updated their advert for a spot in a newspaper in January. As you will see, this company is offering guaranteed delivery for Christmas if ordered NOW! Well I should bloody well hope so really, it's 11 months away! Obviously this has been left on from their November/December 2010 advert, but it's a silly mistake to make!











The article to the right is about a man who tried to hold up numerous bookies with a vacuum cleaner he pretended was a shotgun. The mistake is in the second paragraph, 4th line down and is the simple mistake of thinking of two different ways to write a sentence and part of both comes out - the sentence reads 'Steve McCouid carried out a two-day reign of terror across Liverpool last month, raiding three bookies with his the attachment, which he kept in a plastic bag, pretending it was a shotgun.' I'm guessing no-one bought this act since he failed to successfully rob any of them. Anyway the error comes where the author writes his and the next to each other in the sentence, obviously having not decided whether to write 'with his attachment' or 'with the attachment'. Though I believe the latter option sounds the best.

This final article is a reader offer to go and stay in the Waldorf Hotel for a 'ridiculously low price.' The error here is a missing word in the first paragraph. The article should ideally begin with "It's a real treat..." A small, silly error but it slipped through the net yet again!

Typo - Daily Mail website

I was advised by my friend Becca that if I wanted to find errors then I need look no further than the Daily Mail website. So today, I decided to take her advice and have a look. I picked a story at random and immediately found an error. The story was about Jeremy Bamber and you can read the full article here

The paragraph in question is : Bamber, 50, believes large number of police officers tarnished crime scene at 1985 murder of five of his family memebrs
As the blog title suggests, this is just a typo, but one not checked before hitting the 'go live' button - the word members has been spelt incorrectly.

There is another error on here which is just stupid really and has been commented on at the bottom of the article. They show two pictures of two completely different rooms, yet claim they are the same room. Take a look for yourself and see what you think...

Spelling Error - Pet Health Advice

This error was spotted by my friend and colleague Melissa - thanks Mel for sending this to me.

The error was found in an email sent to Mel from Pet Health Advice - the email itself was was entitled January Pet Health Advice - Arthritis in Dogs. The sentence containing the error is as follows:

'In this issue of my regular pet health advice newsletter I've got loads of useful information adout arthritis in dogs, including how to diagnose, treat and prevent this condition. I hope this is useful, and as always, please get in touch if you have any questions.'

The error comes when the author wrote 'adout' rather than 'about'. I don't think this can be completely classed as a typo as the d and b keys aren't next to each other. In fact I found it quite difficult to make myself type adout. But I also don't think the author didn't know how to spell about, it was just a simple error made, but again, one that was not checked before being sent out.

Brand new Post number 1

Hello

My first new post for this blog was supplied by my friend and colleague Rob. The error (most probably a typo) was found on the Sky News website on an article about the eruption of Shinmoedake Volcano in Japan - here is the link

The mistake is right at the very end of the article: 'The volano interior was created by the iconic 1960s film set designer Sir Ken Adam and built at Pinewood Studios in England'

Probably not noticed by a quick read through of the article but it was spotted by keen-eyed Rob - The word 'volcano' should have a c in it, which the author managed to do throughout the rest of the article, so as I said earlier, probably just a typo.

There was also another part of the article which gave me pause when I read it and that was the use of the word 'unpassable'. To me that doesn't sound right and impassable is probably what should have been used and it would seem Microsoft Word and Outlook agree with me, as does google which asked me if I meant 'impassable' after typing 'unpassable' into the search box. However, there are online dictionaries that offer a definition of 'unpassable':

Adj.

1.

unpassable - incapable of being passed             impassable

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

 Taken from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

The word is obviously commonly used but it still doesn't feel right to me and think I will continue to use 'impassable'.
What are your thoughts on this?

And thanks again to Rob for passing over a mistake he found :-) I hope others will do the same

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Spelling Errors - NHS Discounts AND Moneysupermarket.com email

Hello all

Another 2 emails with mistakes have found their way into my inbox. To be fair, I'm finding now that I am scrutinising these emails for mistakes, so I'm finding more things that I may possibly have skimmed over and not noticed a couple of months ago. But it just goes to show that if you look hard enough, mistakes are everywhere.

This is the second time I have found a mistake on the NHS discounts email and this time it is on an advert for Superbreak

If you look under the word 'Romance?' The first option is 'Diner deals'. Now my first thought was "yay I've found another one - this should be dinner". But then I did take a moment to think about it and check it out and make sure they didn't actually mean 'diner deals' - though I'm not sure somewhere like 'OK Diner' (if it's still going) would be the first choice for a romantic night out. But anyway I followed the link to the website and lo and behold they had a section there called 'Dinner Deals'. This mistake is probably just a typo, but even so, it still should have been checked.

Also, a first for my blog, there is a small second mistake on this advert: luxury hotels and country escapes are two separate options so should therefore have a comma between them. Something small, but someone could be very disappointed to discover that they won't be getting a deal on a luxury hotel in the country :-)

On the plus side, they used the word 'your' correctly

Like the email above, this is the second time I have found a mistake on a Moneysupermarket.com email. This time it is a Santander advert:

Focus On...

Santander's ZERO Current Account
- Santander's market-leading ZERO Current Account is now available to more people. Not only is if fee-free and offering 5% interest on balances up to £2,500, but new customers also receive a £100 switching bonus. So is it time you made the move and got more from your current account?

Not the easiest one to find as it is such a small mistake, again probably a typo. The offending sentence above reads 'Not only is if fee-free and offering...' but it should be 'Not only is it fee-free and offering...'

Come on people - pull yourself together!

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Word Usage Error - Moneysupermarket.com

Another one? So quickly? I know I know, it's terrible - all these errors cropping up!

This time the culprit is an email from Moneysupermarket.com that I received today:

"Millions of people are facing pay freezes this year. If your one of them there are things you can do to give yourself a pay rise and boost your net income by more than £5000. Read on to find out more..."

This is another case of bad English - the second sentence reads "If your one of them" when in fact it should read "If you're one of them". This one is such a simple mistake though and all it takes is a little thought to get it right. If you read the sentence out loud and it could read 'you are' then it's always 'you're'.

I am definitely beginning to believe that all the people who would normally check emails/advertisements etc, to be sent out to the public, have disappeared off the face of the Earth! Either that or I am just beginning to notice it more and more now I have started this section on the blog...who knows? While it provides material for me, I'm happy :-)

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Word usage error - best buy

Hello all

Today while idly looking at laptops I went to the Best Buy website and came across this beauty of a mistake:

eMachines eME442 15.6" Laptop - AMD V Series, 250GB, 2GB Memory

Model: EME442

Perfect for basic everyday computing, this eMachines 15.6" Laptop is equipt with a 250GB and 2GB Memory 

This error screamed out at me and then I proceeded to tell my friend in the office, very pleased that once again I had been so observant.

As you can see a word is used that is just very poor English - "EQUIPT" come on people, really??? Obviously this word should be "Equipped". I am now starting to believe that all proofreaders have been fired and there is no-one out there to check out for these kinds of errors. On the plus side if I ever decide I want to be a proofreader, maybe I could send them to this blog as my CV? :-)

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Typing error

It would seem I'm on a roll at the moment, noticing all these small mistakes and the following comes from another email I received; this one from The Trafford Centre. It won't let me actually copy and paste the small advert on here as a whole as it won't save as a picture, so for today you will have to make do with a copy and paste from the email with the error in question, and trust I didn't just make it up :-)

"Don't miss out on this fabulous treat, only available this week Tuesday-Friday 11am-1pm*. Plus, the fist 100 people to pick up the booklet will receive a free beauty goody bag. *While stocks last."

Can you spot the mistake? It's only a small one - 'Plus the fist 100 people' should be 'Plus the first 100 people'. As I said, only a small error, but it just shows that companies are not proofreading their work fully - either that or they don't have very good proofreaders :-)

Let me know if you see anything out there

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Word usage error

Hello again

Yesterday I came across another error - this time not on a menu. This came as part of an email from NHS discounts and part of this email was an advertisemernt for a charity helping with debt management - this is the advert:

Hands up if you can see the problem...

I'm actually quite shocked that nobody seemed to check this advert before it was sent to thousands of people. As you will have noticed 'course' isn't the correct word to use in this instance and in fact should be 'cause'. Unfortunately this isn't an error that can be put down to a simple typing mistake and was probably down to someone not thinking about it properly. Ah well never mind, it provided me with another blog post so I'm happy :-)

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Spelling error

I came across another spelling error today - and once again on a menu! This time it was on an online menu for What's Cooking at the Albert Dock. This spelling mistake was only made once, that I noticed, and it wasn't a food item. Unfortunately I am unable to copy and paste the sentence in but it reads 'Children's Meals are suitalbe for children up to 11 years.' As you can see, the word 'suitable' has been misspelled, or there has been a mis-type. A simple mistake yes but one I wanted to mention (especially as I haven't noticed anything else out there for a while lol).

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Spelling error

I've decided it might be fun to write about any spelling or grammar errors I find out there in the world - especially being an aspiring writer, it's good to be aware of these things. Although I imagine there are so many mistakes out there - more than we notice day to day as the human brain has the capacity to read things you expect to see rather than what's actually there staring you in the face, so it's very easy to miss these mistakes.

This one I found was a few weeks ago in an Italian restaurant called Quattros and as you will see from the picture, they misspelled the word 'cheese', writing instead 'chesse'. Now this I did immediately notice but then I did get worried that this was some Italian version of the word but I googled it and nothing was forthcoming so I came to the conclusion that it was a mistake. I apologise that you will have to turn your head to read this as I don't know why it's uploaded like this when it is the correct way up at the source, but never mind, the error is still legible.

I'm curious in a situation such as this whether the restaurant are aware of the mistake, or if it has passed by unnoticed. I imagine that even if it had been noticed, it would be too expensive to replace all their menus just to change this one spelling, which most people will probably read as cheese and not notice as that is what you expect to read after the word mozzarella.

I also have a vague memory of reading a really poor piece of writing with many spelling and grammatical errors and I remember this being in a notable publication - however I can't for the life of me remember where it was so I think I possibly dreamed it :-) Oh well, I will report back if I realise what it was.

I realise writing about spelling and grammar errors leaves me completely vulnerable to getting comments on any mistakes I make, but I am open and willing to hear back on these and will promptly fix as I know I am as fallible as the people who make the mistakes I will write about. In the meantime I hope you enjoy these mistakes I come across.

Welcome

Dear all

Welcome to my new blog, focusing on the mistakes and downright bad English that can be found in various outlets for the written word. I seem to have found a lot recently, enough to warrant a separate blog from my other one. The errors I have found in recent weeks have mostly come from emails from well-known companies, restaurant menus and a new one, sent to me by a friend, in an online article.

I will import all my previous posts in this area to keep them all together. I would like to stress now that my English isn't perfect and I don't know all the rules and my intention is not to berate or preach, just to inform. I will also inevitably make spelling errors and typos myself.

In the case of publications, I can understand how many of the mistakes are made, it's very easy for your fingers to slip on the keyboard and hit an extra letter, but what I don't understand is why these emails aren't checked before being sent en masse to the public.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my posts and please get in touch if you find any of your own - just send me the error, along with where you found it and I will post it on here - giving you all the credit of course!