I proudly passed English "O"Level in 19whatever, when pass grades and certificates where not flung around like confetti.
Don't know why this thread has suddenly materialised after 6 or 7 weeks.
From memory I think my original posts were an enquiry about literacy levels in schools and whether could of, should of and would of (as examples) were accepted as correct instead of could have, should have and would have. I was curious whether those using these phrases understand that they do not make sense.
The response from gobs heights who had the temerity to question me should, I suppose, have been expected.