AIBU to say it's not "ect"

[IceCreamWoes]

I've seen about 8 threads in the last 2 days with posters writing ect when they obviously mean etc. I probably am being U but it really does irrationally fucking irritate me!

I need to get out more, yes. I've had two (big) glasses of wine 😂.

So, am I?

Or should of, instead of should have.

Yeah I can buy that argument in terms of overall achievement, but I think it’s a total cop out to say that having parents who are poor or not well educated themselves means you can’t shut the fuck up in class and listen when the teacher explains apostrophes.

Yes, it was an OE word, went to USA with the MAyflower passengers and stuck.
We stopped using it when someone woke up to the fact that is one of the ugliest words in the English language!
Got isn't much better. What is wrong with 'I have' rather than 'I've got' (i have got an apple - the got is unnecessary here, you can say I've an apple)

And my point is that people who had the right opportunities for education but waste them can’t describe themselves as having a lack of education. They can describe themselves as coming from a culture or background that did not value education. But they had the opportunity right there.

I think I will never leave this thread! Loving it

Play dates/ boundaries/ im broken and many more get my teeth itching.
Most threads are over exaggerated 8 out of ten threads start with i him my child has SEN.
To be honest MN is the only place ive come across that has the most parents with SEN needs.
And older mums never really hear of a mum on hear in their 20 when you its oh your so young to be doing this.
Ok if you knocking on 50 and your child will most likely be you carer.

bare with me while I explain....

There are wee things similar to this that annoy me also

Yous / use = You

Lose / Loose 🥴

It's 'fuck' not 'F**K'

It remained in use on this side of the Atlantic. It's a perfectly normal everyday word.

Probably imported from the US via You Tube, microsoft etc etc? We used to be 'two nations divided by a common language' but increasingly US English seems to be the default, including spelling.

Apologies to any US citizens if 'excited for' didn't originate there.

To be fair, this actually makes sense. You have a bite to eat, and a rest.

I didn't know what was meant by 'on accident' and wondered if it was 'an accident'. The preposition 'of ' seems to be almost the default choice for a generation that is constantly texting. It's short and handy so presumably it will do regardless of established use of other prepositions such as 'about'.

Another that I notice is the use of 'arrive to' instead of 'arrive at' a specific spot such as the station, the hotel or the shop or 'arrive in' a country or city. The distinction is being lost. It's something I might expect a French person speaking English to say but not a native English speaker.

On a weekend or on the weekend are bugbears of mine.

It might be regional but it's still wrong, as is needs gone and needs done.

I do wonder how some posters, even if they don't care about being rude or unkind, can possibly think that someone is going to to go: "But of course! Why didn't I realise this before?" after however many years of using incorrect SPAG (either because they're not aware or they don't care).

Especially so when they have other things on their mind:

Op: "I seen DH kissing another woman."
Pp: [pedantic poster] "Just so you know, it's 'saw'. [Offers no sympathy or other advice]"

lol 😀. I got it after about 10 minutes 🙂. But I guessed voilà - I missed the ‘et’. 🌺

Lol 😀. I was trying to tone down my rudeness. 🌺

But don't you think that if you don't use the correct word/punctuation/spelling automatically then you don't really know it, so you probably won't get it right when it does matter?

In a similar way to espresso/expresso

Or Devine! It's bloody divine, yet I see this all over

Sorry but I don't buy this. Either you know it or don't. It's more work to think ok informal setting let me spell this incorrectly.

No, because human error. Even the best writers need proof readers. I proof copy from professionals. It’s usually typos I pick up rather than grammatical errors. Occasionally we’ve had those who don’t know which there/their to use and they don’t stay long because they’re not up to the job. Copy that needs a complete rewrite isn’t what proofing is for.

I saw all the coverage with students getting straight 9s celebrating but we ignore the fact that more than 40% of our young people are failing exams. That’s concerning, but a different debate.

I agree with you about that. It may appear simple - for example, the straightforward structure of 'subject verb object' and not much in the way of inflected forms - but there is a lot of nuance, subtlety and complexity underneath it all, with verbs, tenses, moods, word order, adjectival and adverbial uses and all the rest. I have an old grammar book intended 'for the use of junior classes' in the late 19th century and it strikes me as surprisingly intricate and difficult.