Pence

I was about to write that I didnt know that teachers were not allowed to correct speech, and that that was daft. But then I thought that they cant do it for pupils for whom?[people I am afraid will have to excuse my bad english and spelling], english is not their first language, so I presume that is why it was stopped?
But then, they might appricate it. So I end up not knowing which side of the fence I am on as regards this issue.

Ah, but that's a saying dating back to olden, pre-decimal days grumppa.

It costs 20p now round here!

To revert to Pence for a moment, what do people spend or pay when the go the WC? To spend a p sounds daft, and to spend a pence sounds painful, not sure why!

I do it intentionally a lot of the time, if it sounds better!

I never understood the split infinitive. I probably unintentionally split it all the time.

My dd sent the school reports for us online. I had to bite my tongue/red pen so it didn't strike through the split infinitive on line one. Ah to boldly go.......

Teachers stopped correcting children's speech when they were told they were no longer allowed to do it.

Yes for celebrating different cultural practice but who decides when comprehensibility is affected? Since teachers stopped telling pupils to talk proper and trying to set an example, increasingly I come across young people in service industries who are only able to use a very restricted register and engage in mutually incomprehensible exchanges with customers. Lots of overseas students round here who speak perfectly acceptable versions of standard English encountering local young people who don't. I sometimes have to interpret!

There is an argument though that says as long as what the person is saying is understood etc. Perhaps sometimes there is an element of snobbery in our approach I am as guilty as anyone , perhaps we ought to be more sympathetic to cultural practice, education etc?

A shop assistant said to me yesterday..... "they aren't not on offer no more."

It's much better than "pee" though, isn't it?

No it isn',t. This annoys me too. If the checkout assistant say that to me, I repeat the price back to her saying "twenty five pounds and a penny was that?" Whether they take any notice I don't know.