A shocker from our MP! (NB, for pedants only!)

Sorry! Left the commas out ?

‘Lay’ when they mean ’lie’
‘Laid’ For ‘lay’.

I have heard MPs who have had the benefit of the most expensive education available get these confused. I want to throw a grammar primer at them.

Lidl had, and still have, a price ticket above the celery saying “celery storks” !

I just found another shocker on Gransnet almost straight away.
...I meant to of wrote...

According to Google the collective noun for teachers is "faculty", which surprised me.

I understand university professors when I hear of a faculty.

A regular mis-use of words in my area is of instead of have ie she should of used something else.

My father, who was a graduate of Cardiff University, once had a letter addressed to him as Mr. MA Wales!
My daughter's teacher wrote a comment in her English book: "You could of said....." I was straight down to the headmistress after that one!

We had a box of books in our school resource room labelled
"Grammer" and a classroom tray labelled "stationary" for paper, envelopes etc!

Standardised spelling is a comparitively recent introduction into the English language, and possibly something which won't last. I used to be really annoyed by the mistakes made by even some highly educated people but I've mellowed. As long as it's readable and understandable I'm willing to accept most things. The big exception being of course spelling lists-if you can't get it right there we might as well give it all up.

Minerva yes it’s fascinating, I think. I have been to Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay, where the pronunciation is thought to be very similar to that of the first British settlers, ie Shakespearean pronunciation.

I have seen estate agents write about the importance of "curb" attraction."

Quizzer, I’m sure when I was at school, we were taught that, while ‘into’ was a word, ‘onto’ was not!

People complain about ‘Americanisms ’ which are often old English retained after they threw the British out. I find their usage interesting rather than annoying. Australian misuse of the English language is far more vexing in my opinion.

Curb' is the American spelling of kerb. I cannot be the only one who is heartly sick of Americanisms creeping in!

But it isn’t a case of ‘Americanisms’ creeping in.

Witzend’s MP used ‘kerb’ (which in English means the edge of the pavement) when she meant ‘curb’ (to stop the anti-social behaviour).

The Americans are perfectly at liberty to spell ‘kerb’ as ‘curb’ if they so wish.

I do wish there wasn’t so much knee-jerk anti-USA reaction on Gransnet.

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Saving the best until last!

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In Latin class I made a mistake and had to write 100 times Britons live in Britain!! It sunk in.

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A friend and I send each other 'bloopers' that appear on Facebook Marketplace, there have been some good ones!

Bare with me on this! Predictive text has a lot to answer four.
I recently typed "onto the patio" and the PT wrote "under the patio" - isn't that ware they berried a body? On another occasion I typed that I was "going to list an item", before I finished the line it had been changed to "going to Istanbul ".
Note to self - always carefully read over what you think you have typed!! Oops. (Ex English teacher)

Just read a comment on a previous Mumsnet "I meant to of wrote".........

helgawills

I answered a survey recently, where they kept mentioning curb side pick ups (for deliveries)

'Curb' is the American spelling of kerb.
I cannot be the only one who is heartly sick of Americanisms creeping in!

JackyB

Not to mention the use of Comic Sans.

Please don't knock Comic Sans! It's one of the fonts recommended for dyslexic readers. That's why many schools are using it now.

DaisyL

On a more light-hearted note we wonderful nurse at our local hospital who was from the Philippines and I remember her saying once 'Don't worry, I'm holding the fork'. I've said that ever since - it made me smile then and still does now.

Made me smile too, DaisyL. Thanks

On a more light-hearted note we wonderful nurse at our local hospital who was from the Philippines and I remember her saying once 'Don't worry, I'm holding the fork'. I've said that ever since - it made me smile then and still does now.