Yes, I would hate to bare witness to that. Unless I were at a nudist camp.
Yes, I hear it a lot, too. In linguistics we call it hypercorrection, and it comes from parents, English teachers, etc. harping on children not to say, “Me and so-and-so,” to the point where they use I even when it’s not correct.
However, that’s a question of (normally spoken) grammar, and this OP is about spelling, so it’s entirely a separate thing and really belongs in a different thread.
So you guys read the Daily Mail, too ;-).
They regularly test my metal, with most of the aforementioned.
I knew that wasn’t all. Thanks, everyone, for making me feel less alone.
As an editor, I have blanched at nearly all of these at one time or another. “Grizzly Murder” et al has always hit me hardest.
Sometimes I see the occasional oner, as in “She wore a diamond neckless” that puts me in fits. I should be writing them all down…
I’ve sometimes seen “reckless” (as in reckless driving) misspelled as “wreckless.”
That’s just wackbards. Reckless driving is wreckful, much to be avoided. Wreckless driving is reckful, I guess.
Sorry, I just couldn’t wresist throwing that in.
This thread does not effect me.
But it might effect a change in your word use.
They’re thier, I’m sure it will eventually.