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

Well, who is to blame for these aberrations?

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

    Votes: 20 24.7%
  • Parents of the snowflake will not correct their kids variety

    Votes: 24 29.6%
  • Grammar Pedants who people now actively rebel against

    Votes: 7 8.6%
  • The offending person who should be auto-enrolled in National Service.

    Votes: 20 24.7%
  • Other

    Votes: 10 12.3%

  • Total voters
    81
  • Poll closed .






Honky Tonx

New member
Jun 9, 2014
872
Lewes
I am stood, I am sat. Bad teaching in schools, too many bloody foreign teacher, even the presenters on the BBC,
 




Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
69,880
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 :moo:
 






Not Andy Naylor

Well-known member
Dec 12, 2007
8,787
Seven Dials
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.
 










Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,324
Uffern
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?
 






erkan

Well-known member
Dec 9, 2004
896
Eastbourne
It feels like it must the affect of many years of substandard teaching.

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A1X

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Sep 1, 2017
17,523
Deepest, darkest Sussex
Their must be an obvious answer, and I hope when there caught their bought to task for they're crimes
 




erkan

Well-known member
Dec 9, 2004
896
Eastbourne
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

Kiss my (_!_)
Jul 14, 2003
15,898
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

NOT the Honey Badger
NSC Patreon
May 8, 2007
12,750
Toronto
This thread could last a while.

*makes himself an expresso*
 






Baldseagull

Well-known member
Jan 26, 2012
10,870
Crawley
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

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 6, 2003
19,322
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.
 



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