The Word Guy Blooper Patrol, which has plenty of cachet, has cashed in on a cache of errors. Can you catch the mistakes?

1. "A cast of characters ... violated and flaunted the law." 2. "Last week, the Pope beautified the Sister." Did he use "mass"cara?

3. "Lawyer Accused Of Hiring Hit Men To Squash Probe." Were they squash racquet-eers?

4. "It's hard for a young couple to have visiting relatives hoisted upon them." 5. "We are going back from whence we came." 6. "I don't wish to degenerate those with whom I disagree."

7. "He just bares down." Naked ambition, no doubt. 8. "Taught and loving, this book touches the heart's outer limits." Undoubtedly, a class act. 9. "This challenges the theories underlining psychotherapy and biomedical psychiatry."

10. "In March, the two will make another trip to McGee to illicit responses." 11. "One of his first acts as superintendent was to ask teachers to forego their spring breaks." 12. "It was a big kudo for them." As big as Cujo?

13. "The IRS became a lightening rod for people's worries about sharing personal information." 14. "Gates' presence still lends cache to any discussion of technology." 15. "They hauled in wagon wheels, wrong iron, fountains, ferns and pots for the main house." Bad design choice?

16. "Some people portray our nation's founders as callus and racist monsters." 17. Investigators honed in on the killer." 18. "Nosy people are often budinskis."

19. (from a phone ad) "Unlimited Nights and Weekends: a marathon for vocal chords." 20. "Couples Can Reign In Wedding Costs" And avoid paying a king's ransom? 21. "He applied a turnakit to his left arm." From a first-aid kit?

22. "Taking the fear out of dentistry requires some slight of hand." Well, for dentists, having smaller hands can help. 23. "This device prepares your car for inclimate weather." 24. "Food Festival to Wet Appetites" Of people on liquid diets?

Corrections:

1. flouted 2. beatified 3. quash 4. foisted 5. drop "from" "("whence" means "from where") 6. denigrate 7. bears 8. taut 9. underlying 10. elicit 11. forgo 12. "kudos" is a singular word meaning "praise";"kudo" is not a word 13. lightning 14. cachet 15. wrought iron 16. callous 17. homed in 18. buttinskies 19. cords 20. rein in 21. tourniquet 22. sleight 23. inclement 24. Whet

Rob Kyff, a teacher and writer in West Hartford, Connecticut, invites your language sightings. His book, "Mark My Words," is available for $9.99 on Amazon.com. Send your reports of misuse and abuse, as well as examples of good writing, via email to [email protected] or by regular mail to Rob Kyff, Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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