is it now common practice to use the word "draw" instead of "drawer"?

[annie0000]

is it now common practice to use the word "draw" instead of "drawer" to describe the thing you usually keep your underwear in?

I noticed this a lot, not just from ordinary folk, but also on oficial websites and literature - when did this happen, did I miss something?

[mollykins]

I've never used drawer, unless i'm quoting something that's spelt that way.

[Sqad]

annie......never noticed it.

[OAP60]

I don't think you missed anything but I do think some missed out on their spelling lessons!

[jackthehat]

Not in 'the Hat household', it isn't.

I seem to see it more and more, though.

[Prudie]

annie it is drawer. Using draw is a spelling error in my opinion

[annie0000]

sqad I'm surprised I see it everywhere - maybe I am just sensitised to it, cause it really get's on my wick for some reason.

[yinyang]

I've still got an 'er' in my drawers, Annie.

Can't actually say I've noticed that one but 'loose' instead of 'lose' seems to be everywhere now. We even got a letter from the school reminding us to to put name tags on belongings in case children 'loose' anything.

[annie0000]

that's what I thought, that it was obviously a spelling error, but it is so frequently used now, I thought it had now become "official".

Is it to do with accents? - I have to say in my scottish brogue - the two words sound nothing alike!

[annie0000]

you're right yingyang - I see that one a lot as well.

[OAP60]

Grammatical and spelling errors abound especially on the BBC and even, sad to say, in the Telegraph. My pet hates are "the reason why is because" and "different to" instead of different from . . . even the Queen said that once in her Christmas Speech several years ago! (Please don't anyone get started on apostrophes, my blood pressure's high enough.)

[annie0000]

OAP - I'm afraid that apostrophes are my thing - I do know perfectly well when to use them, but sometimes the odd one just slips in by mistake :o)

[Answerprancer]

No ..that's just ignorance IMO ;-)

[OAP60]

Mine too, Annie0000, I'm glad to say. How do you feel about capital letters for Proper Nouns? I find that's something else people have got sloppy with now!

[annie0000]

I think there is a lot of sloppyness about - I can't claim to be an expert - I didn't study English past High School - I didn't go to University, but I was educted in Scotland in the 70's and early 80's and we just didn't get away with those sorts of errors. Where I work now, we have to write a lot of reports, and the standard of some is appaling. (even the template we were supplied with was full of errors!)

[OAP60]

I'll come clean - I'm a recently retired Teacher... i agree about the sloppiness - you should see some of the stuff that goes in to schools not only from bodies such as OFSTED but also from the Department for Children Schools & Families. They're the ones telling schools what to do and even they don't get it right. For years, I had to sign a Form confirming that the SATs had been conducted as per regulations and I had to fill in the "Number of Children that took the test". I always crossed out "that" and put who instead. I can't have been the only one because eventually they correctred the Form! That has just reminded me that it is now quite common for people to use of instead of have!

[boxtops]

No Annie it's not, we see it spelled wrong because people have never learned the difference. Draw is what you do with a pencil, or take money out of the bank - a drawer is in a chest of drawers. There is a distinct difference!!

[OAP60]

Sorry, for correctred please read corrected - I can spell, honestly! That's something else nobody seems to get right these days - adverbs. I'd better stop contributing now before I drive everybody as mad as I do my long-suffering family!

[annie0000]

My son came home regularly with notes from his teacher looking for volunteers to help on various trips. They always asked to score out the options:

"I would/would not like to help with the trip to XXX"

I would always score both out and say that "I would love to help with the trip but unfortunately I can't". It's bad enough being a working parent without being made to feel that you wouldn't like to help if you could. :o(

[boxtops]

"I would like to invite you to " - well, why don't you, then...?!