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Funny English Errors: "The B List"

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Here is a selection of howlers and other funny English writing mistakes and insights that didn't make it into our book. This is the "B List". What does the A-List contain? ...

See the Footnotes for the kinds of sources consulted in preparing Funny English Errors and Insights.

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+8 #8 Another one for you... then I'll stop :-) — Thomas Riedmiller 2010-03-18 05:00

Courtesy of my student: post mortem exam - “to see if the person is alive or not after death.”

+3 #7 Grabity — Cheryl Duford 2010-01-05 11:48

B68 The earth holds on to everything with its grabity. I've known men like that.

+1 #6 The navel expeditions — Dianne McManus 2009-12-31 21:38

Henry the Navigator sent out many navel expeditions to explore the lower regions. What a difference an E makes!

0 #5 hi there!! — maneeha 2009-12-28 11:41

B23 Industrial Revolution is a special kind of pills which doctors give to lazy people to make them work... i love this!

+3 #4 B124 - Apple Suit — Deb Davey 2009-12-22 06:20

I find this particularly funny and useful. I would use this as an example in junior english classes to highlight the importance of using correct language to convey a message.

B124 Judge Dismisses Most Charges in Apple Suit

+2 #3 No Father! — Cheryl Moulton 2009-12-16 07:15

There are so many wonderful english errors to choose from, but when I read the following one, I truly broke out laughing.......I mean how does one not have a father, even a member of the royal family who traditionally had lovers on the side

B24 James the First claimed the throne of England through his grandmother because he had no father

+1 #2 This whole site — Raylee Leaver 2009-11-30 23:53

Hilarious, I love it.

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