Nothing gets passed by our member KateBob85 and Deletia who snapped a shot of this London Tea ad.

“One of the finest tea in the world”

“One of the finest teas in the world”

Thanks again, and remember, anyone can send us a typo that they’ve spotted by contacting us at: feedback@typoze.com

I had dinner with some friends this past weekend.  The main course was a Moroccan dish served up with naan and couscous paired with a glass of Layer Cake Shiraz.  Over dinner we discussed the website, and I shared a little about my aspirations for the site.  We then talked about the various nuances of grammar and style.  Eventually apostrophe usage came into the conversation. When is it used? When isn’t it used? Before or after the “s”?

Take the name Lands’ End for example.  I’ve always thought it was a simple plural possessive vs. singular possessive mistake.  When I mentioned this, someone commented that maybe the retailer meant to say Lands’ End as in the end of the plural “lands”.

So I decided to take 5 seconds to investigate.  According to the Lands’ End website the apostrophe after the “s” was a typo in their first printed piece, but they couldn’t afford to fix it.  Apparently, this typo didn’t hurt their business at all.  In fact, I bet the typo has generated buzz for the company over the years, especially among English teachers, wordsmiths and grammarians, who have probably complained about the egregious mistake but still bought the clothes.  Maybe someone reading this blog post will follow the link to the Lands’ End site and end up buying a pair of socks or something, proving that a typo can be good sometimes.

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On behalf of the Typoze.com team, I would like to sincerely thank Ms. de Leon and Ms. Croteau’s students at Rialto Middle School and Kent Mountain View Academy for signing up to our site.

Please continue submitting the typos you find so that you can help make the literary world a better place. One day your submissions will benefit other students around the world reading the same books as you.

We are working hard to ensure that your contributions make it into new publications.  Rest assured  that we won’t rest until your corrections are immortalized in books.

Happy typo hunting!

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