Funny/bad writings that can be used for teaching writing (in progress)

https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/carousels/genital-mixing-actions-buffet-zones-5-classic-exam-howlers
"the [hole in the] ozone layer was caused by arseholes".
"sex has puzzled biologists ever since it was discovered by Darwin and Mendel".
"in 1945 Stalin began to build a buffet zone in Eastern Europe".
"most books were written on valium" in the Middle Ages, rather than on vellum, which historians have led us to believe.

https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/vicious-substances-and-nobel-savages-abound-in-this-years-exam-howlers/416947.article


From Introduction to mathematical thinking at coursera:

Sisters reunited after ten years in checkout line at Safeway.

Large hole appears in High Street. City authorities are looking into it.

Mayor says bus passengers should be belted.


Memo to News media re:Flight 370. “37.5 kHz per second” is incorrect. Hz (Hertz)=cycles/sec. So 37.5kH per second is redundant.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/05/us-malaysia-airlines-idUSBREA3308J20140405

http://microbe.net/2014/05/11/only-in-america/

http://www.tickld.com/x/20-actual-quotes-from-english-exam

http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Academics-Writing-Stinks/148989?cid=megamenu

http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-cause-of-bad-writing-1411660188