People in stitches over Heinz advert blunder as they say company 'failed GCSE English'

Heinz has left people in stitches with their latest advert, which seems to include a huge error.

The company, known for their baked beans and mammoth range of condiments, put up a large billboard advert displaying their sauce collection - which features everything from ketchup to mayonnaise - but it has caught the attention of Brits for the wrong reason, as many think there's something wrong with it.

And it hasn't taken long for a debate over the topic to erupt on social media, with some people claiming Heinz has "failed GCSE English" with the wording on their advert, while others have defended the brand by stating that there's nothing wrong with the advert. The advert in question shows a row of Heinz sauces and then a dictionary definition of a new word the company has made up - "Obsauced". It reads: "Obsauced (verb): to be obsessed with sauces."

But one Brit who spotted the advert questioned in a Reddit post that with the way the definition was written, the word "obsauced" looks more like an adjective than a verb.

And that soon resulted in people poking fun at Heinz, insisting they must have failed their English GCSE in order to mistakenly call an adjective a verb instead. One person said: "My sister-in-law has an MSc in English Literature. She says it's an adjective."

This prompted another to state: "You learn about verbs and adjectives in GCSE, you don't really need an MSc in English to know this is obviously an adjective."

While someone else wrote: "Adding the D at the end makes it an adjective. I sure hope someone gets fired for that blunder."

Others, however, argued that "obsauced" could be a verb, as the word it's trying to mimic - "obsessed" - can be both a verb and an adjective depending on how you use it.

One commenter explained: "'To be obsessed' is a verbal phrase, same as 'to obsess'. The definition given is for a verb. That said, it's an extremely stupid definition because it tries to define the verb using the adjective derived from that verb, so it's circular."

Ultimately, it seems the consensus was that by adding "be" to the definition, Heinz had made "obsauced" an adjective and not a verb in the advert.

One person detailed: "A verb is something you can do. An adjective is something you can be. Can you sit? Yes. Verb. Can you creative? No, you can't creative. Can you BE creative? Yes. Adjective."

While another stated: "To say someone 'is obsessed' would be an adjective, since you're describing them. To say they 'are obsessing' or 'they obsessed' is something they did/are doing, therefore it's a verb."

Heinz has been contacted for comment.