Grammatical error and infantile spelling

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:09 am

Ah yes, the need for search engine optimisation of articles, and the often uncomfortable shoehorning in of keywords (my favourite being the brilliant "Celebrities - like Rihanna (pictured) - are among those fearing yadda yadda yadda..."). That really deserves a thread of it's own.

Patrick100 · **Joined:** Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:38 pm **Posts:** 600

Nah. DM doesn't take any pleasure in pointing out other's mistakes....

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We know who's first for the chop! BBC News spells its new Director General's name WRONG on lunchtime bulletin
News bulletin had his name as 'Entwhistle'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -news.html

Arnold · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:41 pm

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BT worker strangled colleague during lunchbreak before killing himself because she refused to have an affair with him

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1zsCKOmBs

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Officers used a crow bar to break into the garage after seeing a light on inside and then brown a door to get into the house.

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7321

Arnold wrote:

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BT worker strangled colleague during lunchbreak before killing himself because she refused to have an affair with him

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1zsCKOmBs

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Officers used a crow bar to break into the garage after seeing a light on inside and then brown a door to get into the house.

I knew they'd find a way to blame Jock McStalin.

Arnold · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:15 am

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The boy who was allowed to sit maths A-level papers TWENTY NINE times until he got another marks to pass

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z201armCc2

Daley Mayle · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:49 am

It worked Arnold, they've updated the headline.

Arnold · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:21 pm

I think we should bill them for our proofreading services.

Arnold · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:52 pm

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Schoolboy, 12, 'almost decapitated' after he rides into rope deliberately strung across bridge at head height

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z207pdrWxG

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Euan Cusack was on a bike ride with friends when he cycled straight into a taught rope tied by suspected pranksters

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Euan was on a bike ride with friends when he cycled straight into a taught rope tied by suspected pranksters on a footbridge in Treeharris, near Merthyr Tydfill, South Wales

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Plus a bonus sadface picture.

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:07 pm

We don't know though, it very well could have been an educated rope.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:55 pm

Shock! Horror! Mail Online in typo tragedy!

Daley Mayle · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:08 pm

Malcolm Armsteen wrote:

Shock! Horror! Mail Online in typo tragedy!

So that's a fail in both spelling and geography. The town is called Treharris, not Treeharris.

oboogie · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:05 pm

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Schoolboy, 12, 'almost decapitated' after he rides into rope deliberately strung across bridge at head height

No doubt the Mail will be campaigning for future screenings* of The Great Escape to edit out the scene in which Steve McQueen acquires the motorcycle as it is clearly encouraging delinquency.

* Only BBC screenings, obviously.

Arnold · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:18 pm

Daley Mayle wrote:

So that's a fail in both spelling and geography. The town is called Treharris, not Treeharris.

And it's Merthyr Tydfil not Merthyr Tydfill

Fozzy · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:16 am

Malcolm Armsteen wrote:

Shock! Horror! Mail Online in typo tragedy!

Is it a typo when they make precisely the same mistake in two different places?

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:51 am

Grammatical error and infantile spelling

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