Sooner or later, all journalists are struck by the curse of the literal - when one errant letter can lead to humiliation.
Spare a thought then for the correspondent responsible for a piece which appeared on the Daily Mail's website this week.
I know the weather's been a bit nasty lately but it's not often you get parts of the country being hit by snot. Forget the big freeze - it's the big sneeze.
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