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

I think the battle has already been lost with this one, but I do get fed up with hearing 'lay' when it should be 'lie'.

I recently had a letter from a solicitor who had mis-spelt my name. He was being very rude in the letter which made it worse.

...falling by the wayside, is spelling, these days; or, actually, by the kerb-side. Also, what makes you think that the politician would have got it right?

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

My DH who wrote for a career is so pedantic about this.
In primary school a newly qualified teacher wrote in DS’s text book pointing out errors. DH marked her spelling 7/10 and returned it saying must try harder !
I do point out that not everyone had the same level of education that he had as he attended a very good school.

My husband is a lecturer but is not allowed to write his own stuff if it's going to be printed Witzend.

He has given up trying to correct things as it makes him angry. He IS asked for information every year and then it's hacked about and made into something totally different.

They probably have schoolchildren on work placements doing the actual writing.

JackyB that was not a Nicola Sturgeon clip, it was a Scottish Conservatives clip.

I too heartily dislike the misuse of effect & affect.

I think a huge problem is how many children do not read all the books that we did. Constantly seeing the words in front of you would help you with spellings due to familiarity. And also where language was shortened to save money in texting, this text speak has become part of normal everyday use. I cringe at some of the professional company e-mails I receive.

'effected' instead of 'affected' in that Nicola Sturgeon clip made me wince audibly. I really do belong among the pedants.

I daren't show my face on here after getting my knuckles rapped for confusing Hoards with Hordes, but the your a star Diddima made me fume.
It's your instead of you're
too getting mixed up with to
loose when it ought to be lose
which I find most infuriating but, as DH says, "If you think it's bad now, imagine it in 10 yrs time!"
Rant over

Forgot the photo!

And, my grandchild is, indeed, a star, but......

Oh, ladymuck it was meant to be lighthearted, but, since you mentioned it...........

Safer than with Jeremy Corbyn, Daddima, who wanted to keep education standards at the level of the least intelligent.

Oh, Lord, @Chewbacca - I’m afraid that would have me steaming enough to complain!

BTW, just to add to my OP, the MP in question is a woman.

I once picked up a leaflet from our local university, offering an MA in English Lit.
I can’t recall it/them now, but there was at least one very basic spelling mistake in the blurb. I still wish I’d made some gesture of complaint, but I dare say I’d have been told that only crusty old pedants care about such things nowadays.

Education safe with the Conservatives?

Perhaps he dictated it and it was his secretary who wrote it. Just another indication of the general lowering of standards.

Oh Chewbacca that is deplorable . The teacher setting the spelling is an atrocious speller

Not to mention the use of Comic Sans.

If I receive badly spelt wording in a formal correspondence, I always reply and comment on it especially if it is from an educational or political source. Chewbacca, I would have gone straight to the Head Teacher on that one, not just on the incorrect spellings but also the misuse of capital letters.

I was reading our local newspaper last week - an item about how the beauty salons have prepared for reopening. One of the owners 'has took steps to make sure all the equipment is sanitised'. Taken steps surely?!

Oh dear, oh dear.

I'll just leave this here...

Oh I hope I don't get a swarm of angry teachers after me now.
Is swarm the correct collective term?

I posted the text on here.
I was quite stunned.