Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
Yes. Suggesting a correlation between a whole host of right wing voters and the total lack of understanding of their own language from Could OFs to their/there/they're and your/you're, the use of are when they mean our and a growing number posting "A think so" rather than "I .....". There will be well educated people among them, Farridge for one, but the plethora of ill written rants on social media does beg the question I asked...
I think your bias betrays you a bit, I see appalling syntax and grammar from all sides of the political debate, and for that matter in other spheres, notably football, less so motorsport or cricket. I think you’ll find that the language pedants (I’m one to some extent as my editing job demands it) are always onto a loser because language evolves - who’s to say ‘could of’ won’t be THE way to say it in ten years time? My own pet hate is the Americanism ‘Can I get’ rather than ‘May I have’ but I don’t judge those using the phrase, whether their intellect or otherwise