sewbizgirl

That was Alot of fun!

I am hesitant to point out other's mistakes in grammar, as I know I have many myself. BUT, two biggies here on the board that drive me crazy are "sneak peak" and "boarders" when they mean "borders". Mountains have peaks, eyes take peeks. And boarders are people who live in your spare room and pay you. Have to ditto the "salvage" (found in the garbage) and "selvedge" (edges of fabric).

I think much of this (oops, almost said a lot) comes from people writing as they hear words spoken. For instance, "should of" sounds very much like the contraction "should've". If we all read more, and could trust what we read not to have grammar errors itself, we would be better spellers and have better understanding of proper grammar.

I've used college textbooks with Horrendous grammatical errors. One was a text by the prof. who taught the course, and he had self-published his book. Apparently no one in the college hierarchy had read the book for errors. I kept a running list of typos and errors in each chapter, and like the obnoxious student I was, dutifully sent it to the prof. each week. He thanked me, but I wondered if any changes would be made. The book was in its second printing! Yee gads! Think of all the students who had read it before me.