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Here’s a spotted typo on the web site of the NPR radio station WBFO (in Buffalo, NY):

Spotted by Thomas on February 15, 2011 on this page.

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Here’s a spotted typo on the web site of the NPR radio station WBFO (in Buffalo, NY):

Spotted by Thomas on February 3, 2011 on this page.

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Erin Callahan spotted this dreadful typo at wonderhowto.com on a page that teaches sign language.

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Typo location – Screen shot of an article at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100414/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_books_author_dakin
Typo date – Spotted on 4/14/10 in an article posted that day
Typo description – “It’s” instead of “its”
Typo Category – Website
Typo spotted by – Sarah Proto

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typo on NYTimes.com

This typo was found in a June 23, 2008, post on The Caucus Blog, the New York Times Political Blog.

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