Would you apply for this amazing OppUrtunity?

Whilst visiting a local Weatherspoon Pub, a call of nature forced me to sit and study a poster on the back of the cubicle door in the ladies bathroom. 

The venue obviously needed to recruit new staff and how clever to target potential applicants in this way! Unfortunately, as we see time and time again, the company have let themselves down by not editing the poster before attaching it to the back of the toilet door! With either a staff member or, more probably, a visiting customer adjusting the spelling of the word 'opportunities' in the final line.

What is it with the Daily Mail?

So again it seems the Daily Mail Newspaper have allowed another error to slip past the eyes of the proof reader! An article on Russell Brand made for quite an interesting read, but how annoying is it when you must go over a line several times in order to make sense of it?!

The author of this particular item intended to highlight the less than angelic side of Brand with a list of awful antics he has said or been associated with.

As you can see the sentence on this bullet point starts with 'On told BBC2's Newsnight' and it should read 'He told BBC2's Newsnight'.

Lecturers Error

In one of my recent lectures I came across an error on a powerpoint. This spelling mistake here is clearly shown...

The word analysis has been spelt with a double aa on the front.

Disney Trivia Error

Whilst playing Disney Trivia over the easter break I came across my next error. Shame on you Disney for missing this very obvious error. 

Under the green question it asks 'What is always myproblem?', the error here is that there is no space in-between the words 'myproblem'. It should therefore read 'What is always my problem?'

Stand Up Poetry Series Errors

In one of my student handbooks I came across an error under the Stand Up Poetry Series. Once again, due to the educational handbook I was surprised to find any error but came across two. The first is 'day to day' which has been underlined. The three words needs to read 'day-to-day' in order for the words to flow.

The second is the accuracy of the three days 'Thursday 18th March,' is actually not a real date. The correct date would have either have been 'Thursday 19th March' or 'Wednesday 18th March.' 

Takeaway Confusion

It is well known that many Takeaway Menus contain mistakes and my local Indian Takeaway is no exception. The grammatical errors on the front of the leaflet left me cringing. Highlighted in the box is the first error and it comes after the comma, the 'a' has been capitalised questioning the purpose of the comma. The next problem is the following line, 'a charge will apply for out of radius' this line seems very clumsy and you need to read it a few times to understand. The statement should read:

'free home delivery within yeovil on orders over £10.00, there will be a charge for orders outside the area'. 

The next problems are on the back of the menu. This error is one for consistency, though nothing has been spelt wrong the Indian Takeaway has not checked for consistency. The Set Meals states 'Set Meal One' the next two state 'Set Meal For Two' 'Set Meal for Four'. The errors begin with 'Set Meal One' which should read 'Set Meal For One'.  The second mistake is within 'Set Meal for Four', the word 'for' should follow the previous two options with the 'F' being a capital letter for consistency. It should therefore read:

Set Meal For One 

Set Meal For Two 

Se Meal For Four 

The final error is found within the terms and conditions. The first line under the Terms and Conditions contains one error, there has been a capital letter inserted in 'Please' when there is no need for one after the use of the comma. It should therefore read:

Free Delivery within Yeovil, please mention offer when ordering.

Even you Professor?

I find it quite amusing when I come across an error made by own of my own lecturers. It is not something I would expect to see, but proves that no one is perfect and even the smartest can make errors. I'm sure Mr Meyer, Head of Creative Writing, intended t spell the word 'correct' right, but obviously the urgency of the email made him forget to proofread.