Hi! Matt,   
      
   In a message to Paul Quinn  you wrote:   
      
    PQ(>> And hopefully that nasty "should of" or "could of" habit in   
    PQ(>> writing too, if   
    PQ(>> you intend to be an educator.  It's really the -sound- of "have"   
    PQ(>> or its   
    PQ(>> abbreviated equivalent.   
      
    MM> I used to be good in English language studies, but my grades in   
    MM> English  language studies went down the toilet.   
      
    MM> Most likely it would be History, government and Economics.   
      
   Well, I failed at English in high school and have the certificate to prove   
   it.  :)  I've just evolved this 'ickiness' (sensitivity, if you like) over the   
   forty-something years since whenever I see the language abused.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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