Is it just me - am I becoming a grumpy old git, BUT is there anyone out there like me who really sees red to read & hear poor quality English? for example :
apostrophe 's' everywhere !! when plural, or slap one in if there's an s - why not?
or not knowing the difference between there & their
using 'of'' instead of have - eg I must of made a mistake,
Not knowing the difference between of & off,
matching singular/plural subjects with verbs eg A range of goods was available, very common this one
And loads more, and you can see such silly errors on the BBC, shop signs (we have a Tony's Pizza's nearby), loads in the classroom, and last but not least, lots on this forum. I don't mean typos, which are obvious, or spelling mistakes which happen to the best of us, but constant seriously silly & unnecessary mistakes which make my ears curl!
Love to hear your opinion
Regards
tegwini
Cathy
How about : 'At the end of the day' , & 'sort of' & loads of other meaningless expressions?
It's just occured to me that it is good manners when writing to others to do it as well as possible. That's not asking for much, quite apart from the fact that language is for communication,and errors cause confusion, not communication.
A range of goods was available- sorry if this was not clear, this is correct, the singular subject is matched to the singular verb form. This is a very common error.
I could not pm back - the return system would not work for me - sorry!
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