Honestly, to all intensive purposes you will thank me for this one day

[MutePoint]

I'm in no position to join the grammar police but some MNetters might be grateful to learn that

all intensive purposes should actually be: all intents and purposes

per say should be: per se

mute point should be: moot point

Should of.

Be more pacific.

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

OMG user1471545174 'proof will be in the pudding' drives me mad. They consistently say it on the TV and I sit like a mad woman screaming at the TV, 'no it isn't, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!!!' GRRR

it's tenterhooks if we are being correct

"Sir, we're mining too many useless minerals."
Hitler: "Mine less then"
Grammar Nazi: "MINE FEWER."
Hitler looks over: "Yes?"

But we may be fighting auto spell-checkers on phones and tablets more than illiteract.

I recently saw a FB post from a friend about her DC who has "Assburger's syndrome". How on earth has she not seen this name written down before?

I find it very sad for kids that some teachers don't necessarily bother to correct poor spelling and grammar these days.

I know this because DH is one such sinner says it's not considered that important any more. but he generally can't be arsed and is not a great speller himself--

But it's all about teaching effective communication, or it should be, and some of the examples upthread can have you scratching your head in bemusement as to exactly what the author meant.

And yes, I AM part of the spelling and grammar police -- it's my job.
(Copy editor. And I judge. Just today my local rag described a recently retired person as 'formally a professor of....' Oh, the pain. )

Love it Mute Point.. (ha ha!!) My pet hate is "I have tried my UPMOST"!

What is their Upmost??

Assburger's syndrome, is that the US version of lardarse syndrome :o

maybe she has seen it written down but feels that correct spelling is uncool, or not 'street'?

If all your friends speak and write a certain way there is strong pressure to conform to the norms of the group in which you are accepted and have some sort of position and status.
If you start affecting the mannerisms etc of a different socio economic group you risk alienating yourself from your own tribe and you may not be able to gain entry into the 'posh' correct english group.

I think people instinctively weight things up and align themselves with the people with whom they feel most in tune and where they are best able to be part of a social network.

I'm so greatful too yous all four righting the fred because with out sum of the thinks I wood not no what I was righting.

Somethinks I sea in email from professionals at work are awful. There just two busy to cheque the correct spellings and grammers before there sending the email.

I aks you what is the world coming two.

Ah I love this thread, almost as much as I enjoy drinking larger..

Also, I have a friend who has fallen out with her sister.

She can't abear her. (Bear and abide)

Oh what a shame we're not all as highly educated as you lot!!! And yes, that is an overuse of exclamation marks

A builder once said to me 'you was having this one wasn't you?' I still shudder.....

Don't copy editors have a problem with punctuation then?

18 pages........

I'm a horsey person so I find the rein/reign confusion, as in "Reign him in" particularly galling (oops slipped in another horsey metaphor there).

Thank the wee man!!! This drives me crazy

Someone elsethread was sending her D-i-L some posey flowers.... visions of flowers trying to look cool and disdainful......

Am I aloud to say I h8 bad grammar and lazey spelling? I would of fort evry1 had predictive text and spell check fees daze?

Bahaha it's funny anyway. I don't think people will change. Lots of words are being spelt differently.. No one really seems to care as much as they used to. I used to love grammar but if I make a mistake I dont care as much as I think people are getting used to reading around it. Lower standards. Yip.

Hopefully Mumsnet mums are busy focusing on what is important.

Remember what Shakespeare said: The language changes every twenty miles".

Anyone complaining this thread is sneery, really needs to woman-up. I'm happy to be set right with some of these.

Yes. But we're not perfect ....

What does "thank the wee man" mean??