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Old 28-07-2003, 05:32 PM
Jim W
 
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Default HDRA Competition; printing error

mandy thomas wrote:

"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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Did anyone see the dreadful, multiple misprint in the HDRA magazine in
a competition, connected with Duchy Originals to win a day at
Sandringham?
I read; "Which glasshouse pest would you be trying to control if you
introduced ENCARCIO FORMULA BIOCENTRE?"

I could see what it was meant to be but only when I looked on the HDRA
web site did I find the correction to say that it should say ENCARSIA
FORMOSA BIOCONTROL.

How could anyone get it so wrong! It gave me a good laugh, which is
likely to be all I'll get from the competition!

Pam in Bristol


Sounds like someone ran it through a spell-checker and accepted all the
alternative spellings without realising they were doing so.


Yes indeed... Also shows that it was not adeqeately proofread by
someone knowledgeable about Horticulture. Otherwise it would have been
spotted.

Even more fun if you run them through an automated thesaurus. Did this
with a fire notice once.. Great fun