2nd - "I'm doing all the stadiums in Europe and the Arena in America." [Oops - 'stadia' and 'arenas', dearie! Marina, from Marina and the Waves]
3rd - "The world are about to see . . ." [Jessie J on The Farce/Voice]
4th - "The quality of his goals are there for all to see." [Sam Allardyce]
5th - "To see those pieces together are absolutely wonderful." [Twat on Antiques Road Trip]
6th - "Once I've prepted the food . . ." [A chef on Great British Menu, deciding that 'prepped' as an abbreviation for 'prepared' needed some enhancement!]
7th - "He's just played flawless so far." [Snooker commentator, without a clue on what an adverb is]
8th - "The Met Office have issued a warning." [ITV local weather forecast committing the usual sin]
9th - "A batch of emails were released." [Chris Ship on News At Ten - so poor]
10th - "Are you confident the mix of bold flavours are working on the plate?" [Great British Menu judge making a foul-up of the English language]
11th - "A seven-man crew of a boat, which ran into problems off the coast of Wales, have been rescued." [Have it, indeed! That's Radio 4 News for you]
12th - "Man Utd's march towards the Premier League title no longer looks to be a precession." [MSN news confusing procession with precession - very different things]
13th - "Gardeners' World: Monty Don celebrates the simple seed by explaining how they work." [The Daily Mail TV Guide rather mixes up the rules of grammar]
14th - "Dad's Army: Walmington-on-Sea's platoon assume responsibility for some heavyweight artillery." [Another TV Guide faux pas of the same ilk]
15th - "Only two days had lapsed . . ." [Michael Fowler, author of Heart of the Demon, meaning 'elapsed' on page 55. NB: Page 51 = "indentions" instead of "indentations"]
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