Helen, evidently a lot of teachers are no longer teaching proper English in the schools anymore and I wonder, too, how many of them actually know what it is. Maybe they weren't taught it either but from what I am seeing, improper use of many everyday words is becoming rampant, unfortunately. Neither of my parents had very much formal education and therefore could not help us with our homework but I depended on what my teachers taught. Seems as though proper English is not a priority anymore so I guess I will just have to grit my teeth and try and look over it. :)
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Hi Evelyn
This is a pet peeve of mine also. My English is not always correct either but I hope it is not as bad as that in your post.
It seems there was a teacher way back in the 1800,s or something who didn't teach proper usage of the English language. Then like yeast, it infected the North American continent over the years, especially in the US ...sort of like evolution :))
It reminds me of one time when I joined a little interesting program. It started out with, "Now Here This!". Then much to my chagrin, someone put together a similar program a couple of months later and they shamelessly used all the exact same wording as the other guy's program. You guessed it. They even started out with, "Now Here This!" They didn't even change the "Here".
Helen
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I'm not saying my use of the written English language is always correct but the way some people murder it is a big pet peeve with me and I see it more and more and from people that should know better. Evidently they do not realize that their choice of words can change the whole meaning of what they're trying to convey.Here's a list of some of the top incorrect words being used.....
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