Alot, should of

[Nautiesdese]

Abit. Afew. Could go on.

I've seen a thread full of 'should of' and 'would of' this very morning. The writer is obviously convinced this is correct as they used it several times and never wrote 'have'.

I had to teach my 9 year old just yesterday that ‘a lot’ was two words. Her sister already knew and they were arguing about it and I had to intervene.

When people believe it’s always “and I”. Not true.

Or 'myself'.

Should/would/could of makes me twitch every time. I occasionally hear my DC use it in speech, and I correct it whenever I hear it. With threats to disinherit them if they ever write it down.

Fully agree, OP. Also currently trying to stamp out use of ‘gotten’ in one of the DC. We do not live in America. 😠

Good parenting. This should be widely challenged in school as well. When I was in recruitment, any application including 'should of' went straight in the bin.

I suspect the myself thing came about because they didn't know whether it should be I or me.

"Give it to I". It's not a big thing to work out but then they also have the added bonus of an extra syllable of their own voice to hear when they use myself.

Gotten isn’t only used in America though. It didn’t die out in parts of the UK or in Ireland.

You should of checked for existing threads on these. They come up alot.

I despair ( First world problem I know ) but when I hear principals/teachers being interviewed on the radio and they make these common mistakes in their speech what hope do we have.
There’s no excuse.
In Ireland we have had free secondary education since 1966.
That’s 60 years.
Good grammar should have filtered down.
“I seen it” just kills me altogether.

...when I hear principals/teachers being interviewed on the radio and they make these common mistakes in their speech what hope do we have.
Teachers don't seem to be required to use correct speech and grammar.

Well they should be @PleasantPedant

I think it’s okay in speech as I see it as people saying the contracted form would’ve should've etc so that’s correct.

I think that’s how the written issue has come about to be honest as people seem to hear would’ve and write it would of. Probably caused by people not reading anymore and not seeing the form of words written down.

i absolutely hate the written would of!

When my daughter was in Year 2, her teacher corrected a piece of her work from ‘I would have’ to ‘I would of’. 😳

There are alot of people who are pleased to be apart of something. Drives myself mad

How would you police it?
Teachers only need a GCSE pass in English.

To become a teacher in England, you typically need the following qualifications:
...
GCSEs: You must have at least a GCSE grade C/4 in English and mathematics (or a science subject if teaching primary).
....

Then you have TAs.
To work as a teaching assistant in the UK, you typically need GCSEs in English and Maths, a recognised teaching assistant qualification (Level 2 or 3), relevant experience, and an enhanced DBS check.

You shouldn’t be passing GCSE English if you can’t use basically correct grammar.

No wonder the standard of education is dropping if some teachers can’t get the basics right.

I’m in Ireland @PleasantPedant
Primary Teaching was difficult to get into as places were limited. So grades were very good.
I’m not sure what the Secondary teacher's criteria for grades and subjects are.

You’re right of course. It’s just that we’re not in one of those parts of the UK. I’m afraid here it’s purely the influence of American media and I will not have it. 😬 See also vocal fry and uptalk.

I would HAVE had a very strong word about that. 😡

Teachers in Scotland need to have Higher English. It still doesn't mean they can spell or use grammar correctly.

I had to bite my tongue many a time listening to "I seen", I've went" etc.

I did. My daughter had the same appalling teacher for two years and this was the final straw. This happened a couple of weeks before the end of the summer term, and I moved her to another school for the start of Year 3.