brandon fraser; jonny depp

-- "name the actor/actress" on Flixster on Facebook on March 15, 2009

I don't know why the names aren't capitalized, but that's the least of the problems. For the first question above, there is no correct answer. Pictured is Brendan Fraser. For the second question, at least it's Johnny Depp and not the featured actor whose name is misspelled.

the cutest couple in there 80s

-- "Posties who do more than deliver mail" in The Vancouver Courier on March 11, 2009

Their. Their 80s. Though the writer does get points for writing every day.

why the did chicken cross the road

-- "Council clucking leads to fowl times in the city" in The Vancouver Courier on March 11, 2009

Why did the writer not proofread before publishing? To seek fame on this blog, it would appear.

a Mom who's daughter has wandered

-- "Security swings into action (Metropolis advertisement)" in The Vancouver Courier on March 11, 2009

Who's responsible for this who's/whose error? Karree Karrington comforts a Mom who is/has daughter has wandered off? NO!

Dale Eidet

-- "Working with the community (Metropolis advertisement)" in The Vancouver Courier on March 11, 2009

The top one is from the article; the bottom one is from the article's photo caption. They can't both be right. Or can they?! No, they can't. A few seconds of googling shows the photo caption to be correct.

the answers to many answers of your questions

-- Automated email from Facebook after feedback given on March 14, 2009

Thanks for the thanks quick reply.

manically poetic; referred to George W. Bush as a "that retarded cowboy fella"

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-- "Brand's identity" on Sympatico / MSN TV Guide on March 12, 2009

There was another manically error recently. A new phenomenon that deserves its own manically label? One more detected error, then yes. As for error número dos here, either omit a or omit that but for the love of fun, omit one of them.

Here's what your missing if your not watching

--"Vote for your Favourite BT Personalities!" event on Facebook on March 13, 2009

The video's description was written by one of BT's personalities. Please don't vote for her; she's missing the correct spelling of you're - twice in the first six words.

buy himself time to chose whether to stay

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-- "Groom gets cold feet, sets wedding hotel on fire" on Yahoo! Canada News on March 12, 2009

While the Japanese man was trying to buy himself time to choose, the writer chose the wrong word.

Personal balanace

-- "Time to remove the blockages" in Vancouver 24 hours on March 13, 2009

However, misspelling balance 1/2 the time makes this a win/win/lose.

How much to Canadian bank CEOs make?

-- Yahoo! Canada homepage on March 11, 2009

How many errors can Yahoo! writers make? Here a writer has to instead of do.

Spezza manically attempts

-- "Video: Ron Wilson saves world from Spezza's dangerous stick" on Yahoo! Canada Sports on March 10, 2009

The writer maniacally attempts to look professional. Considering that there is no such word as manically, do you think the writer succeeded?

U2 will kick off the its Kiss the Future tour

-- "Tour de force (E-today)" in The Province on March 8, 2009

Either the or its will work here - with the latter being better - but not both. Never both.

"It was a lifestyle conflict. They were in very different-places. They are still on friendly terms.

-- "'Bye Milo, hello boys!" in The Province on March 8, 2009

Jettison the hyphen. Insert closing quotation marks at the end.