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

"Suppliers of Stationary" ... on the side of a lorry, that was also going pretty fast!

I can understand about people muddling stationary/ery, unless you work in WH Smith or are a traffic warden it's not a word you're using daily. I also think that most of us can spot a genuine typo miles off - my fingers type "teh" or "hte" all the time, but I am well aware how to spell "the".

Many of the other mistakes are far more basic - been/being, your/you're, they're/there/their - it's primary school stuff. I also agree with what someone said about reading - if you are reading anything written by professionals you are going to (mostly) come across proper spelling and people who aren't muddling up aisle/isle or think "doggy dog world" is correct. Doesn't have to be highbrow books, could be the BBC news website, a free newspaper you pick up at the station, chick-lit, Hello magazine.

Problem is, "fick" is cool. Just look at all the people whose sole aim is to be famous, mostly by getting their kit off on Big Brother. Education doesn't matter, and is something to be sneered at. They exist on a staple diet of Ant&Dec, X-Factor, Facebook, Snapchat, Loose Women and reality TV. If that's ALL you are doing, you're not being exposed to the right forms to use and are seeking out people who are just like you and think your comments about your "gawjus neice" are "totes amazeballs".

Jags = vaccines/ immunisation/ injections I want to scream when I see this !!

Jags is used for injections in Scotland - it's regional dialect rather than wrong.

I always wonder if it's the printer or their customer getting it wrong? Surely a good printers/sign writer would correct blatant misspelling, wrong words or bad grammar? Who proof reads these things?

I am in awe of this one. It's near my house

Love the bowels tournament. Was that right after the pissing contest?

YES! It's so annoying. Occasionally a little endearing when you know the person though. My friend always writes 'of' instead of 'off'. lol!! :-)

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

Are you actually joking me?

I think my grammar is pretty good, but I had to google most of my 11yo son's SPAG paper 2 questions. Impersonal form, subordinating conjunctions, present perfect tense etc. etc. Blimey!!

I've seen the word "can't" spelt "Carnt" too much recently.

That's the only spelling issue I have.

It's actually gone extreme now in school. You also get marked on your grammar rather than content even in the 'writing'. So, if you use a semi colon, a colon, speech marks, a dash, ellipsis etc. in your writing you will get top marks, even if it is very uninteresting or makes no sense at all (eg. someone dies and then appears back in the story with no explanation). Someone else may write a very interesting, exciting piece of writing, but only use commas and full stops. Sorry about that - you will get a low mark.

I can't stand to see the word obligated. Surely it's obliged?

Meatbadger, that is indeed a thing of wonder.

Just seen 'mopehead' on a Facebook page

meatballs my eyes, my eyes!

meatbadger even.

I do like meatballs, though.

meatballs

There's a sign at the top of the A14 that says, 'Have you just past your new home?'

I nearly crashed the car due to excessive ranting My grammar is certainly not perfect, but dear god, there are limits!

Bollocks, meatbadger

I might make meatballs for tea tonight though?

Consider this, when I was a temp (and therefore not expected to have a brain) I had to type letters/reports etc which contained errors. At each job I would ask what to do if/when I came across these.

Obviously the preferred action is to correct them but it depended entirely on the personality of the author, some would 'blow up' if you pointed them out.
It was damned annoying to have to send out stuff with what I considered to be a glaring error. For the sake of peace I had to do as i was told.

I think I saw all be it on here for albeit.

I used to chuckle every time I walked past a certain house. On the front garden gate was a handmade sign warning people to....

BE WEAR OF THE DOG!!

Surely a good printers/sign writer would correct blatant misspelling, wrong words or bad grammar? Who proof reads these things

I know this one:

Would you like like our standard service or our deluxe service where we check your spelling and grammar for you?

Our deluxe service is £50 extra

@meatbadger

I consider myself a bit of a grammar pedant (wish I wasn't tbh) but I have learned something new today!

I've always thought it's 'another thing coming', and though I say 'tenter hooks' I thought it was written as 'tender hooks' - being something to do with what they hang meat on in abattoirs

I have a FB friend who ALWAYS gets her 'his' and 'he's' mixed up. She also writes 'why instead of 'while eg "Cooking dinner why hubby fixes the TV". That one mystifies me.

Oops seem to have dropped a few of these buggers > '