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I do correct it if I notice though.
Do you mean grammar pendant?
Doh - all this correcting is getting confusing let's just face it - none of us can type. For the record, I've written your instead of you're before, when I was a journo - my editor used to growl at me everytime!
I like that idea :angel:
Grammar Nazis!
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I do that. It's more like "would av" but it probably sounds like "would of" to everyone else.
Other than that, I am a huge spelling, grammar and correct-usage-of-the-English-language nazi but I'm softening in my old age as unfortunately my other half has awful grammar and no concept that saying things like "he's went to the shop" is WRONG.
But isn't it the spoken language that leads people who struggle with spelling to get it wrong in the first place? I've got a friend who sometimes writes 'are' instead of 'our' because that's how he says it. I also don't take issue with how people speak, just something I've noticed.
There's a definite link between the way some people say things (and that takes into account local dialects too, jeez!) and their competency at spelling. I know a lot of people who write things as they'd say them, and when you've got a broad Geordie accent it can be nightmarish to decipher!
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that's what I think too.
I mean my english is horrible, even tho I use it a lot, but it's just not my mother's tongue.
I see a lot of native english speakers tho, and just cannot understand why they make certain mistakes. I mean, you CAN misspell consciousness or neighbour, or receive, but "would of" instead of "would have" makes no sense at all, and is only derived from the spoken short from "would've".