[rod_grant]

Not anymore

Yes (I actually typed "Yeah" first, but thought better of it considering the subject matter!), the same could be said of Australia's education system also.

[tim60]

Vaguely, but that was long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Not during or since my first trip to America, 20 years ago.

I deduced from what I saw oN TV that Americans like watching people shout at each other and therefore behaviours like internet trolling are de rigeur.

[tim60]

From what I see in reading various published writings; news, editorials, advertisements, etc., I'd say no. Not anymore and not for quite a few years.

Many problems such as :
“I write you” missing a preposition that distinguishes between writing to a person or writing the word you.
And
“Would of” when the correct conjugation is “would have”.

And I had the problem of primary school teaching of grammar with technical terms such as “two word verb” and then being told off for finding a “three word verb”. Why not use the proper terms ‘perfect tense’ for the tense that is so good you do not need any other, and “pluperfect tense” for the latter. It would have made it much easier to learn Latin and Greek instead of having to use them as methods to help learn English.

[MarkJerling]

My all-time favourite (read, most hated) word that is seemingly in common usage here, is "yous" as the plural of "you".
There are many others that irritate, but users of the word "yous" should be lined up and shot at dawn. Unfortunately, I fear it will be a long line.

[tim60]

My all-time favourite (read, most hated) word that is seemingly in common usage here, is "yous" as the plural of "you".
There are many others that irritate, but users of the word "yous" should be lined up and shot at dawn. Unfortunately, I fear it will be a long line.

With your proposed line you will need to be careful to distinguish users of “yous”, “ewes” and “use”. The latter two are legitimate words. I agree the former is very bad form used by those seeking to demonstrate their lack of intellectual development, usually resulting from impoverishment of education.

[RoxnDox]

Indeed, the proper term is “youse”, not “yous”. Youse guys gotta get dese tings right!

[StiffLegged]

My all-time favourite (read, most hated) word that is seemingly in common usage here, is "yous" as the plural of "you".
There are many others that irritate, but users of the word "yous" should be lined up and shot at dawn. Unfortunately, I fear it will be a long line.

I can just see the headlines: ”Mass Murders in Glasgow - Thousands Dead.” “Lanarkshire Genocide Horror - Police Seek Grammar-Crazed Kiwi.” “First Minister Narrowly Escapes Assassination.” .

[slartibartfast01]

My all-time favourite (read, most hated) word that is seemingly in common usage here, is "yous" as the plural of "you".
There are many others that irritate, but users of the word "yous" should be lined up and shot at dawn. Unfortunately, I fear it will be a long line.

Surely "you was" is worse.

[StiffLegged]

They teach English in the US?

They may teach it, but that doesn’t mean it’s learned. The same might be said anywhere of arithmetic, never mind mathematics or physics etc. You can take a horse to water ….

[microlight]

… but a pencil must be lead.

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Our daughter was 12 when we moved to the US for a year or so while I was on a project. During her first week in school, another girl asked her ‘what language do you speak in England? Is it Italian?’

[Racer X 69]

My all-time favourite (read, most hated) word that is seemingly in common usage here, is "yous" as the plural of "you".
There are many others that irritate, but users of the word "yous" should be lined up and shot at dawn. Unfortunately, I fear it will be a long line.

You Tube

You Tube

[Racer X 69]

Surely "you was" is worse.

Don't call him Shirley.

[MarkJerling]

Indeed, the proper term is “youse”, not “yous”. Youse guys gotta get dese tings right!

Thanks Jim! I feel better already!

[Parallax]

"yous" as the plural of "you".

Yet another example of international difference in the English language. Yous is common here in some of the Eastern regions; particularly in New Jersey but it can be singular or, if addressing only two or three people, plural. "all yous' or "all a yous" is plural form for addressing groups of more than 2 or 3. Much like the Southern y'all and all y'all.
We have no such spoken idiosyncrasies in dis part uf da country, dontchaknow.

[microlight]

A colleague from Texas once told me that ‘y’all’ was singular, and the plural was ‘all y’all’!