The best typo I have ever seen in my line of work was “[a] coyote’s plaintiff whaling.” But the book I’m cleaning up now — without naming any names or titles or major publishers — has some pretty good ones.
[After tipping a cauldron of boiling tar over the enemy,] “he turned away from the sight of the massive pile of writing flaming demons…”
[The Dwarf King] “patted the legendary harmer at his side.”
“With the death of the Queen’s closets advisor since the time of her father…”
On the scale of one to plaintiff whaling, I’d give these 7, 8, and 9, respectively.
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