"Supposed to of", "could of", "should of" and more. They are over the Net like a rash. Is this a peculiarly Brit thing? And what the hell is happening to education when 96%+ are passing their GCSE but coming out of our schools basically illiterate. Try reading some of the more popular sites, ie football clubs for instance and the sheer lack of spelling, punctuation and correct usage is deeply depressing. My parents were poor working class who left school at thirteen and fourteen respectively, but both could write and spell correctly and were avid readers. What is the point of all these qualifications if they provide employers with no levels of judgement as to the abilities of applicants for jobs.
As an ex-teacher it makes me ashamed of the obvious lack of dedication in the profession today. Have we sunk so low that teachers just pick up the cheque and shrug their shoulders?