“Could’ve went” is bad enough, but “could of went” is horrible!
That is probably how the teacher would have spelled it, but I heard this teacher speaking on the radio, so I gave him some benefit of the doubt. He was talking about wanting to take his students to the statehouse, when there was much ado about more funding for the local teachers. I started voting “no” on tax hikes after that teacher called in.
Cement is a light gray fine powder, but you wouldn’t know it from everybody on TV who use the term in place of concrete. Hannity, who supposedly worked as a contractor, wanders back and forth, one time using the former; then switching to the latter - for the same item. I ask people who misuse it whether it would be OK to say ‘flour’ when you meant ‘cake.’
TV talking heads consistently use ‘podium’ where they really meant ‘lectern.’ You step on a podium; you step up to a lectern.
To many, ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ are interchangeable, as are ‘there’ and ‘their’ (they’ve never even heard of ‘they’re’).
It’s always easier to notice the errors, so I am enjoying seeing there are a few literate types still out there. Next I’ll complain about those who distribute commas like a ghetto thug distributes his DNA (and with no more of an idea about how to support the result).