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Spelling mistakes ‘cost millions’ in lost online sales
By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent

Customer spending on a website can be cut in half by a spelling mistake, says an online businessman.

An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.

The Price of Typos
By Virginia Heffernan

Some readers like to see portraits of authors they admire, study their personal histories or hear them read aloud. I like to know whether an author can spell.