The King's English

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> At 02:19 PM 9/8/97 -0600, April wrote:

> >The one that sets my teeth on edge is the use of "your" instead of

"you're"

> >- which is done by far too (using "to" here also makes me cringe!) many

> >people!

> 

> TILL

> There just isn't much respect for the king's English anymore.  Or should

> that be the Queen's English?

> 

> One that I see far too much on the internet is "there" for "their" or

vice

> versa.

> 

> 

> Farrell Till


What's really bad is living here in darkest Indiana.  I haven't met a
native yet who had any idea of proper grammar.  Here's how bad it is - I
had to take a defensive driving course (to erase a ticket - hey!  I LIKE
speed!) which was taught by two high school teachers.  The whole course was
filled with statements like "you done real good"  (extra points if you can
find ALL the errors in that!), "we seen it", "drive slow" (actually, I
think adverbs may be illegal in Indiana!) and the like.  AHHHHHH!!!!!

April

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