<p>My physics teacher let me look at the recommendation he's writing for me. It is great overall but I found some grammar mistakes (maybe because it's the first draft?). Anyone who is reading it will probably notice. Should I tell him? and how should I tell him?</p>
<p>You might want to make one or two corrections (like, hey, did you mean this?), but since it’s him writing the recommendation, and you’re not supposed to be reading it anyway, you shouldn’t try to correct much of it. Colleges will not look down on you because your physics teacher had poor grammar. My college counselor made me type up his recommendation letter (he dictated, I typed). He used “dilapidatory,” (to describe my work for homeless people) and I said, “Do you mean dilapidated?” And he said no, and we left it as “dilapidatory.”</p>
<p>The grammar mistakes my teacher made is with the use of semicolons and sentence structure. This doesn’t really surprise me because the last time he sat in an English class room was at least 30 years ago. (He mentioned teaching physics for 30 years)</p>
<p>I’m conversing with him via email. If I don’t mention the grammar mistakes, wouldn’t top colleges such as stanford and mit look down on the recommendation?</p>
<p>Why would they? The rec is not about him, it’s about you.</p>