This next item was submitted by Tynitra W, who found this Oldie But Goodie in an AP article titled, "Obama: Dems Lack Votes for Timetable":
"Bush has said he's basing his plan on the advise of the nation's military leaders." (emphasis ours)
Advise, the verb, is not technically a homograph for advice, the noun, but it looks like one, and failure to detect the difference can be the source of much confusion.
This Golden Oldie earns the following Drunken Proofreading rating:
*** (three stars) - I needed a shot just to look myself in the mirror this morning.
We are also pleased to announce that we have inspired our very first piece of ad hominem criticism from a total stranger who somehow found us online. We have been accused of pedantry, which we dispute only in the sense that part of a pedant's offensiveness has to do with a seeming lack of self-awareness. We, on the other hand, are aware of our tendency to hairsplit, and believe it to be part of our charm.
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