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Thread #118743 Message #2572140
Posted By: Don(Wyziwyg)T
20-Feb-09 - 06:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: World's best grammatical howlers
Subject: RE: BS: World's best grammatical howlers
Sign in the window of a pharmacy....."WE DISPENSE WITH ACCURACY".
Article from well known British newspaper (well known for misprints).
"The case was handed over to John Standish, a defective in the Greater Manchester Police Force".
This was then followed by an apology and retraction in the next issue, as follows:-
"We apologise for the misprint in relation to Mr. Standish. The sentence should, of course have read ""John Standish, a detective in the Greater Manchester Police Farce"".