If I hear these one more time......

I am with you all, I loved grammar in School and I am particular with spelling, although sometimes when writing on the computer I hit the wrong key, and if I dont check things before I send, I am mortified when I read it.I am glad there are so many of us left who write correctly.

I have 2 daughters. The eldest is Ann and the youngest is Sue. (Is there actually another 3rd daughter lurking in there?)

Burgundy with an 'a', fewer than/less than and draws, not drawers get me hot under the collar...don't get me started on the apostrophe!

Anyone noticed 'fits perfecly ' on the Sharp's bedroom furniture ad. It makes me cringe when it comes on.

I’m a freelance writer and you are so right in saying that spoken English now becoming rather bad.

I think ‘off of’ is an American thing, as is ‘gotten. I’ve also noticed that certain words that shouldn’t be joined together now are (e.g. ‘any more’ is now regularly appearing as ‘anymore’, when these mean two different things) and that punctuation, or should I say lack of it, has gone by the wayside. With people our age, we tend to see so many mistakes in written English, that we eventually can’t remember how it should be.

I place one example of lack of a short sentence here how it could actually mean something quite different with the addition a comma:-

I have failed my friend.
I have failed, my friend.

Oh the joys ….. but isn’t it lovely to have a good command of our own native language? I know I am proud of it.

I have so many things that bug me but the top two at the moment are 'yourself/myself' instead of you or me, and the holiday ad with the Australian woman talking about 'the exact same room' instead of exactly the same room, drives me potty!

Spelling does not evolve in the same way as language though. I saw last year " Ice rink is closed due to the whether" and there were ' corjets' for sale at the market. In most cases this is ignorance due to bad education. My aunt always said you could tell an avid reader by their excellent spelling

Couldn't agree more, but then I have to calm myself down by reminding myself that language evolves and, let's face it, at times English spelling, pronunciation and grammar is baffling to most of us. Or should that be 'are baffling...?)

yes, robthefox, unique, - when people say very unique!! also lots of people on the tv who say 'so and so and I', when it should be 'so and so and me'!

People seem to fall to the floor and drop things on the floor when they're outdoors......it's ground, not floor! Floor inside, ground outside.

In cafes and restaurants, people want to 'get' a coffee. I always think it should be 'have'. It sounds so wrong to me!

Apparently one doesn't have loo paper any more. One has bathroom stationery.

Quite unique makes me shudder.... but not as much as wrap up warm. Arrgggghhh.

'He will try and get it done'. No! No! No! He will try TO get it done, and might fail.
'Draw' instead of 'drawer' when I am chasing furniture items on ebay,
''Nothink'
'I was like, really fed up of it'.
'Return back to the studio' (Roving reporter speak)...

Oh dear, what an intolerant old baggage I am, these moans and grumbles and criticisms could fill a page. I must stop now.

I heard a teacher call out "yous guys" to her students, what hope do they have?

When using the phrase "fed up", I have always said fed up "with" and I thought everybody did - but I've noticed recently that the majority of people now say fed up "of" on TV. I know it's not important but it does annoy me!

When someone tells you that they are "under the doctor"

Loose instead of lose.

It annoys me to hear or read the word "unique" being qualified, for example, by suggesting that something is "almost unique"

I recIEved an email from our local council. It had a pop-up that asked my opinion of the site. I couldn't resist it. I can't remember what I actually said but it was along the lines of "Incorrect spelling makes people look uneducated, recieve is mis-spelt, receive is the correct way to spell this word". Sorry, but bad spelling just grates! Oh, pedantic, me!!

Phoenix I agree. On Facebook 'would of' is much more common now than would have or would've. I wonder how many teachers get it wrong or whether they correct children who do it. I think that adults are probably often from the generation when some bright spark decided that teaching spelling and grammar was not necessary but older and younger people should understand that it is wrong.

Aren't we so lucky as to have received such a good education to be able to notice these things. I've calmed a bit from my past irritations and often think that the 'offenders' maybe haven't been as fortunate as me with their schooling. However, I still get a bit uggy with Febury!

"The area or group comprises of..." aahhhhhhhhhh!

An area or group either "comprises" or "consists of" and one of the worst offenders is the BBC.

My bugbear........... it was almost exactly. It is either exactly or almost not the two together.

Pronouncing the letter H as haitch sets my teeth on edge. Even radio and tv presenters are guilty.