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SPELLING and grammar nerds will rejoice at fixing these amusingly terrible mistakes.

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Meanwhile, eagle-eyed members of the public have shared some of the most hilarious spelling fails online.

From X-rated mishaps on takeaway signs to cringe-inducing grammatical errors on parking notices, these mistakes caused a lot of amusement when they were posted on Facebook and Reddit.

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McDonald’s is one of the biggest offenders, with the burger joint’s howlers popping up on various threads.

“Hiring smiling faces for afternoon s***s,” declared one giant billboard, while another read: “Now hiring smiling feces.”

Another fast food designer was left red-faced after adding a rather unsavoury ingredient to its menu, writing: “Good guys classic burger, anus beef, lettuce, tomato special GG sauce.”

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A bakery was also called out for their unfortunate spelling blunder.

A sign inside their pastry window read: “Please use Tongue or Tissue Paper when making your selection, Thank u.”

Other worrying store mistakes included doughnuts advertised with a sign that read “Mini Dognuts”, and a warning to thieves that stated: “Shoplifters will be prostituted.”

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A parking business delighted car owners with their costly error. The notice read: “Illegally parked cars will be fine.”

Other laugh-out-loud signs included the computer that replaced "exit" with the word "exist", a bathroom sign that asked women to "flash" instead of "flush", and a food company that accidentally advertised "porn" sausages instead of "pork".

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But these gaffes aren’t the first to cause hilarity on the web.

Teachers have revealed the funniest school sign spelling mistakes.

While parents have shared some of the most hilarious homework fails their kids have made.