Ignorant is too harsh: 13 grammatical mistakes that instantly reveal people's ignorance

[BigmanPigman]

95. I taught the same lessons to both my 6th and first graders.

It is called Daily Oral Language. They all loved it. I would write a sentence incorrectly and they would get "table points" for each corrected error. I was the only teacher at my school who did this. Spell check has made Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling "unnecessary" as far as state curriculum writers are concerned. Even my 6 year olds knew the difference between desert and dessert, super and supper. However, even a teacher friend sent me a birthday card and wrote "your" instead of "you're" three times in one card. Our educational system has changed and modeling good grammar, etc. doesn't exist at home.

I still get confused with may/might and lay/lie/layed. Also when a sentence begins with "If I..." and "I wish..." and is followed by singular or plural "was/were".

I went on a DU rant last night when I was corrected after my spell check wrote something incorrectly after I had typed it correctly. I have to correct my auto spellchecker at least three times after I write anything and I still miss the incorrect changes. It infuriates me!!!!! I will type "its" as it should be and Samsung tablet spellchecker changes it to the contraction "it's". AAARRRRGGGGG!!!!!