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Embarrassing Charles Dickens apostrophe blunder costs taxpayers
An embarrassing Charles Dickens apostrophe blunder has cost Northern Ireland taxpayers more than £1,000.
The grammatical error appeared on giant billboard posters and leaflets advertising a performance of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, the BBC reports.
It cost Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council around £1,200 to correct the mistake.
More grammar errors
Earlier this year, supermarket Waitrose angered parents by using shoddy grammar on labels advertising presents for teachers.
The Bank of England was also accused of making a grammar blunder on the new £5 note.
Meanwhile, a grammar crusader has spent years removing a repeated error 47,000 times on Wikipedia.
Software engineer Bryan Henderson has dedicated his life to removing the phrase ‘comprised of’ from the online encyclopaedia.
He explained in a 6,000-word essay why ‘comprised of’ is misused so often, arguing the phrase is a result of "comprised" and "composed of" being confused.