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Embarassing mistakes!
All too often, people think that passing a spell-checker over a piece of work is sufficient to prepare it for public consumption – hopefully the following unfortunate misprints will convince you otherwise! All the following quotes are genuine misprints taken from real publications – which, to save their embarrassment, will remain anonymous.
And remember, as you laugh at these mistakes, that you could be prompting exactly the same response with documents you produce if you don't have them proofread first. Is that really the response you want to provoke in editors assessing your work?
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Spelling errors
A computer spell checker wouldn't see the problem with these, but anyone else would:
For Rent
6-room hated apartmentAnd now, the Superstore
Unequalled in size, unmatched in variety, unrivalled inconvenienceWoman Wanted
To share Fat with anotherGet rid of aunts
Zap does the job in 24 hoursMr and Mrs Remington Taylor of Verona...
...formerly of Ithaca, were weakened guests of Mrs J. H. Barron of 145 Cascadilla ParkOur experienced Mom will take care of your child
Fenced yard, meals, and smacks includedSense
You might get the spelling right, as well as the grammar, but this doesn't stop the sentence being total gibberish:
Here is an opportunity...
...to purchase a charming small house at a price which bears no relation to its costWoman Wanted
To share Fat with anotherUnintended meanings!
Even if your sentence makes perfect sense, you might not realise exactly what you're implying. It often takes a second pair of eyes to spot that you might not be saying exactly what you mean:
