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    Bad News: Hilarious Typos, Marvellous Misprints and Epic Headline Fails

    By Richard Benson

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    The away team were prevented from making a final strike due to a well-timed tickle'

    Laugh out loud at this selection of the funniest faux pas, silliest slips and most blatant bloopers that ever made it into print (and some that didn’t), from newspaper headlines to menus, and from small ads to social media. You’ll be checking everything you type after reading this!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale Publishers Ltd
    Release dateSep 14, 2017
    ISBN9781786854056
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    Bad News: Hilarious Typos, Marvellous Misprints and Epic Headline Fails
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    Richard Benson

    Richard Benson is the author of the F in Exams series and several other humor books. He lives in London.

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