That’s it, I give up….

Springs eternal Kate54

Another battle lost sodapop I fear. However, listened to the ITV news at 10 last night and ‘lay’ had been changed to ‘rest’ so there is some hope!

The ever increasing use of the word 'of' instead of have, drives me to distraction.

This came up on Facebook this morning and my husband said “just like you”.

That one grates on me too, Kate54, as do the ones in Witzend's post. This sort of error seems almost to be normal now on the media. I know it is the language gradually changing and adapting as it has always done, but I still don't like it!

Our local newsfeed is full of ' had went,I seen, they done 'etc . No proofreading.

Maybe the proofreaders (if any) are equally clueless, MarinaL.
I’ve known the odd person with a degree in English who still makes the odd basic mistake, never mind e.g. not knowing the difference between disinterested and uninterested, discreet/discrete, etc.

Yes this annoys me too. Does nobody proofread anymore!

Was going tp make a 'joke' in past tense- but not appropriate in the circumstances.

And I suppose she has been laying in state.

Yes, it has been irritating me all week.

Thank you Kate .
It does grate.

It annoys me, too. I worked for a headteacher who would always say "Hens lay" when someone got it wrong. Consequently I made a point of not making that mistake!

I find that the writers of articles on the BCC News website frequently make grammatical errors but complaining about it is well nigh impossible. On the other hand the Kindle editors must be fed up with errors I point out to them!

I quite agree Kate. It is poor coming from a TV news reader. They, of all people, ought to know the difference.

I’m with you Kate54 sets my teeth on edge !