[Humour] Could of and Should of: Who is to blame: The Poll

[jasetheace]

This one could run and run...

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Your to blame.

 

[Honky Tonx]

I am stood, I am sat. Bad teaching in schools, too many bloody foreign teacher, even the presenters on the BBC,

 

[maffew]

Your to blame.

very good

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Voted Teachers: Must drill basics into kids. Offer a sacrificial teacher each time it happens

Well the first part anyway. Tho I don't see why any individual teacher should be made an escape goat

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Google is to blame for the erosion of question marks to denote questions.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Teacher trainers in the 1970s prioritised creativity over accuracy "which can be taught later" (except that it never was). Therefore too many of the present generation of teachers have a sub-standard grasp of spelling, grammar and punctuation.

 

[Baldseagull]

People that abbreviate should have, to should've when speaking.

 

[Trufflehound]

People who abbreviate should have, to should've when speaking.

 

[LowKarate]

Voted Teachers: Must drill basics into kids. Offer a sacrificial teacher each time it happens

Well the first part anyway. Tho I don't see why any individual teacher should be made an escape goat

Did you write that in Comic Sans?

 

[Gwylan]

Teacher trainers in the 1970s prioritised creativity over accuracy "which can be taught later" (except that it never was). Therefore too many of the present generation of teachers have a sub-standard grasp of spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Thirty years ago, I was sharing a house with two English teachers and once offered to mark their pupils' homework, They stopped me after a while as I was correcting spelling mistakes and was told not to do this, as "correcting mistakes discourages them".

What was even more alarming was that one of these teachers had me check any letters or work that she produced as she wasn't very good at grammar or spelling. Who shall teach the teachers themselves?

 

[1234andcounting]

Defiantly all of the above.

 

[erkan]

It feels like it must the affect of many years of substandard teaching.

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[A1X]

Their must be an obvious answer, and I hope when there caught their bought to task for they're crimes

 

[erkan]

It feels like it must the affect of many years of substandard teaching.

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Phone typing error in there.

Should say "be the affect of..."

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[Bwian]

People that abbreviate should have, to should've when speaking.

Or use should of in its written form.

Should've is acceptable. Should of most defiantly isn't in any form. Yes, defiantly used deliberately.

 

[Badger]

This thread could last a while.

*makes himself an expresso*

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Special mention to the poster that uses commas instead of apostrophes.

 

[Baldseagull]

Or use should of in its written form.

Should've is acceptable. Should of most defiantly isn't in any form. Yes, defiantly used deliberately.

Are we not trying to find who to blame for that, other than the uneducated user of the two words?

 

[Brovion]

Other. I blame the people who say 'should of'. Surely they know it's the wrong word?

Oh, who am I kidding. There's still loads of people who sing "Going up TO win the Cup" even though it makes absolutely no sense. Got no chance of them realising it should be HAVE not OF.