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English is the most widely spoken language, with roughly 1.5 billion speakers worldwide. However, many would agree that it is also notoriously confusing. 

It has odd rules, including silent letters and homophones that can baffle even native speakers. That’s likely why many of them make these simple yet hilarious mistakes and get featured on the Illiterate Britain social media page. 

Here are some first-grade-level errors that turned into pure comedy gold. Don’t forget to upvote those that made you laugh and scratch your head at the same time.

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#1

Those Are Certainly All Words

Red vintage Model T Ford featuring a comment filled with hilarious grammar fails

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They are not, in fact, all words. Not in English, at least.

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    Spotted Today In A Popular Whimsical Store. Unless It’s For Farmers?

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    What is it supposed to say?

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    #5

    What Are They Actually Trying To Say?

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    #6

    Well, It Confused Me. The Tiny Thank You Too

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    Not Sure I Want To See How This Plays Out

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    Sounds intriguingly Dickensian.

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    #8

    Ah....thats What They Are Called

    A social media ad selling wooden planks labeled as Timber Joyce's showing a funny grammar fail

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    #9

    I Think A Dog Might Have Written This

    A social media comment showing funny spelling and grammar fails about dogs

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    4 Persis

    Grammar fails on a social post spelling purses as persis

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    This Notice Was Stuck To The Wall In My Friend's Bathroom By The Senior Carer, Who Apparently Had Top Level Care Svqs (Qualifications)

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    I Don't Think It Has

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    Stop It! You're Just Teasing Me With This Amazing Timber

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    I Must Start Behaving

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    Not All At Once I Hope!

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    #16

    I'll Pass Thank You

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    #17

    Sounds A Bit Wonky To Me LOL. From My Local Site

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    #18

    Shiver Me Timbers

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    In Any Case They Aren't Gargles. They're Growtesks

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    On A Local Spotted Site

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    #21

    Horce!

    A Facebook post asking for horce feilds highlighting funny grammar fails online.

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    #22

    Comment On A Post About Resellers

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    #23

    Womens Willie's Brand New

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    #24

    Lincoln 2014

    Hilarious grammar fails spray-painted as Durgs We Deal on a wall

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    #25

    Food Fighters

    Grammar fails in a free items ad listing Foo Fighters as Food Fighters

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    #26

    A Gem

    Grammar fails on a car listing with multiple typos like bourt and sell

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    #27

    Stepping Hill Hospital, It's Been There For At Least 20 Years And When They Put A New One Up They Faithfully Copied The Original Letter For Letter

    Hospital direction sign showing spelling grammar fails with Laborotary Services

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    #28

    Well, That's That Then

    Facebook post featuring hilarious grammar fails and typos like sropped and plaun

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    #29

    Let's Hope This Is Their Defence Barrister

    Passionate fan post showing massive grammar fails and incomprehensible sentences about MCFC

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    #30

    Home Bargains Finest!

    Grammar fails on a store sale sign spelling dispenser as dispencer

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    #31

    From A Thread About Boat-Based Immigrants

    A long social media comment filled with confusing spelling and grammar fails.

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    #32

    I Have Noticed A Huge Amount Of Shop Fronts, Awnings, Signs With Massive Errors

    A grave headstone featuring a prominent spelling and grammar fail.

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    #33

    Perfect For The Wee Kiddies

    An online listing selling kids play toys with a hilarious grammar fail in the title.

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    #34

    Oh No... Not The Gestpo

    An outdoor protest sign showing a hand-drawn spelling and grammar fail.

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    A Local Group 'Celebratina' The Quys Who Stopped A Dinghy From Collecting Migrants From France

    A text post containing a highly confused grammar fail with several typos.

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    #36

    I Know A Battery-Powered David, If That Helps

    A Facebook post spelling electrician as electric lan, showing classic grammar fails.

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    #37

    My Pasty Tastes A Bit Leathery

    A pastry dough filled with raw ingredients labeled as suede instead of swede, illustrating grammar fails.

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    #38

    As Opposed To Being Armed With A Phaser? Good Job It Was Unphased Then. It Could Have Turned Deadly Quite Quickly

    An unphased heron stands atop a car, demonstrating how easily grammar fails in captions.

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    #39

    Platesfull

    A restaurant menu showing a plateful of food under the word JOY, illustrating funny grammar fails.

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    Little Desert

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    #41

    Stalker Cats And Their Lawnmowers Eh?

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    Shack Attack

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    A Distant Relation Of The Boulder Terrier

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    Crikey, I Thought The Last One Was Bad. This Is A Goggle In The Title And A Gargle In The Description

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    #45

    Clam Pensions Are Great For Shellfish People

    A social media post with grammar fails where someone misspelled claim as clam and wrote hi instead of I.

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    They Never Actually Revealed What The Dingy And Illegal Thing It Was He Destroyed

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    I’m White With No Style - Would I Fit The Bill?

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    Now The Nights Are Drawing In, Do You Struggle For Enough Light To See Where You’ve Left Your Baked Goods?

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    Who's Eileen?

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    Thankfully, I Don't Think Anyone Ever Found A Body

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    Spotted On Market Place

    Online marketplace listing showing a trampoline with a funny grammar fail spelling it as Trambolin

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    Why Is That Urgent?

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    Spotted During One Of My Ground-Hops A Few Months Ago

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    #54

    Wow ..wonder What That Dog Looks Like ??

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    Spelt Wrong Twice Ffs

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    Yep!

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    #57

    Flea For Your Lives!

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    Bowels

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    Just A Post On My Local Community Page 🤣. The Irony Of Trying To Correct People's Spellings And Making Mistakes Like This 🤣🤣

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    Always Put A Capital A For Anythink

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    #61

    Band On The Run???

    An online comment with grammar fails of band instead of banned and a funny reply

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    #62

    Well?

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    A text conversation with obvious spelling and grammar fails about not feeling right

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    Gardening shovels on display with a sign featuring grammar fails of there instead of they are

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    Funny-Illiterate-Britain-Posts

    A marketplace listing of a pink kettle with a name tag of John representing a grammar fail.

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    This Popped Up On Facebook Earlier

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    Blimey..she Wants A Lot For Free !!

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    Got To Love An Apostrophe

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    Shelves of candy jars with grammar fails including misspelling of dolphins as dolfins.

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    Needs Softer Toilets

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    A Local Restaurant Advertising On Facebook

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    Hope They Didn’t Barge Anyone Out The Way To Grab The Bargain…

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    Hmmmm

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