<p>My psychology teacher let me read his recommendation for me. The letter said that I was the best student he had ever taught, and I made him want to be a better teacher. He is my swim coach, too (I'm a captain). It really was an outstanding recommendation-- it made me cry.</p>
<p>The problem is the grammar isn't perfect. Nothing major...a couple missing commas and one subject-verb agreement problem. I didn't catch the errors until I got home. In all honesty, I just didn't feel like going through the hassle of making him correct them. </p>
<p>Will this decrease the legitimacy of the recommendation? Do colleges understand that not all people have perfect grammar? I mean he is a psychology teacher..not an English teacher.</p>
<p>i think bad handwriting/grammar/spelling will not count against your favor in general; at least i hope so since my math teacher has trouble spelling Wednesday..</p>
<p>A few commas (which can generally be arguable) and subject verb agreement (everyone has problems with) shouldn't be a problem. I really wouldn't worry about it, especially since you say it's an outstanding rec.</p>
<p>I don't think it is either appropriate or necessary for you to ask for the "errors" to be corrected. Adcoms do not care about the grammar, they care about the content. Unless the letter was so badly written that they couldn't read/understand it, a few errors mean nothing.</p>