Samples of typographical errors caught by my scrutinizing eye:

- “After the fire, Big Sur is undergoing a Gentile Rebuilding”

A headline from a newspaper

(I think they meant gentle!)

-“…plumbers fixing broken drains and electricians hanging lights and caterers unpacking…”

From a self-published autobiography

(It must have been a wild scene! Without the appropriate commas and appropriate word usage, this sentence states that plumbers are fixing the electricians, and the electricians are hanging the caterers.!!)

- “We recommend spraying insulting foam into the walls…”

From a website selling insurance

(Would you buy insurance from this company?!!)

- “I’ll peak your client’s interest with words that ignite your message.”

From the website of an award winning writer/copywriter/copy-editor

(Peak means the top or apex. Pique would be the correct word.)

- “Cozy, Cuddle, Chic”

A newspaper ad for a Carmel fashion shop

(All words in a series should be of the same type: Cozy and Chic are adverbs. Cuddle is a verb. The correct words would be “Cozy, Cuddly, Chic”)

- “Our finely-ribbed, premium-quality cotton knits never cling and keep their shape even through repeated washings.”

From a clothing catalog.

(For lack of a comma, the ad tells us that the knits never keep their shape!)

- “…the hip dislocated and had to be replaced. In constant agony, his doctor prescribed…”

From a newspaper

(That poor doctor!! They meant to say “His patient being in constant agony, the doctor prescribed…”)

 - “Two killed after Bay Area plane crash”

A headline in a newspaper

(If they were killed after the crash, how were they killed?!!)

-“...ordering food at your favorite restaturant.”

From the Note from the Publisher of a slick art magazine

(Is he changing his stature?)