Diary - Top five literacy howlers

19th February 2010, 12:00am

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Diary - Top five literacy howlers

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1. Helicopters are cleverer than planes. Not only can they fly they can also hoover.

2. We got our tea from the chinese last night. I like ornimental food.

3. If you feel portly go to the nurse or a doctor.4. My uncle is the boss of a big factory. He is impotent.

5. When PC Handley visited he had a helmet and a smart white shit.

Taken from Blackboard Blunders: Spelling Slip-ups and Homework Howlers by Richard Benson. Published by Sunmmersdale. www.summersdale.com.

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