This misspelled placard (on the far left below) was raised right in front of the speakers’ platform, and appeared widely in press photos and TV footage of the event as a consequence:
Spotted on http://www.laganhomes.com/Find-My-Home.aspx : “Our attention to detail and professionalism has not only been recognised by our homebuyers but the NHBC has awarded our company’s staff with the Pride in the Job Quality Award for the last six successive years.” Can’t see what the problem is — or rather, what the problems are? [...]
From: “admin@imperialessays.co.uk” admin@imperialessays.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 16:53 Subject: Academic Writting Job Dear Writer, Thank you very much for showing interest in the position of freelaunce academic writer. I am sorry for the delayed responce; at the time you filled the application form on our website, our recrument was closed, however as this is [...]
Count the grammatical errors in this insert from the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum’s 2011 Spirit of Christmas Past programme:
Trying to sell an unnecessary item? You’ll need better copy than this!
tickety-moo makes lovely ice cream — and gave us our favourite real world error (August 2011): Oghill Farm signage typo (Killadeas, August 2011)
February 2012: nice sentiment; shame about the spelling…
TK should have gone to Reads Well before this went to print:
What’s creepier than a Cyberman? Voices that stare…
Handout provided by SSA officer (Corporation Street, Belfast) to Steps to Work programme participant, November 2011.
Enourmous [sic] error spotted 6th March 2012 in an email from Michael Torbert (donotreply@semperfiwebdesign.com), Semper Fi Web Design (‘Making WordPress Sites Better Since 2007′): “Our subscribers have an exclusive 30% discount with coupon code SEMPERFI30. Click here to use take advantage of your enourmous discount while it’s still available.”
Spotted 14th June 2011 on Bade Newby Display Limited’s online Customer Comments page (www.stikers.co.uk/feeback.html): “The stickers came out perfect. We will defiantly be using you again!”
Reads Well founder Jennifer Cornell has worked as a pet sitter, a sandwich maker, a field biologist, a community support coordinator, a scientific illustrator, a public speaking coach and a professor of English.
In addition to fiction, she has published original research in a wide range of fields, including the defensive behaviour of Buckmoth caterpillars (Hemileuca lucina), representations of political violence in film and literature, the Black Death, restorative justice, and the literary motif of star-crossed love. She’s been teaching somebody something for over 25 years. 
