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Fab4Runner

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Feb 14, 2011 8:55 AM
WTF is up with people writing of instead of have?!

Would of, could of, should of....are you kidding me? I am easily annoyed (maybe too easily annoyed) with mistakes like this but I just don't get how people can think this is correct...or can let this slide when they see it. I mean would it make sense to use would've, could've or should've if it was of instead of have? No. What grade do we learn things like this? I can't ever remember not knowing it.

Sorry but I just had to rant about this. We all have our pet peeves.

PS why do people get pissed when you correct them on things like this? If I make a mistake I would prefer someone tell me so I don't go around sounding/looking like an idiot.
Feb 14, 2011 8:55am
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

32,056 posts
Feb 14, 2011 8:56 AM
This should of been brought up a long time ago. I hate it as well.
Feb 14, 2011 8:56am
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-Society-

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Feb 14, 2011 9:00 AM
You missed some commas.
Feb 14, 2011 9:00am
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Fab4Runner

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Feb 14, 2011 9:01 AM
-Society-;677721 wrote:You missed some commas.
Thank you.
Feb 14, 2011 9:01am
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Skyhook79

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Feb 14, 2011 9:09 AM
It was the same grade where they learned to start a sentence with WTF.
Feb 14, 2011 9:09am
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

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Feb 14, 2011 9:10 AM
Skyhook79;677728 wrote:It was the same grade where they learned to start a sentence with WTF.

So 4th?
Feb 14, 2011 9:10am
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Fab4Runner

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Feb 14, 2011 9:12 AM
justincredible;677729 wrote:So 4th?
Sounds about right.

I knew this thread would go this direction but seriously...I don't get it. I've seen it more in the last 6 months than in my entire life. It's weird.
Feb 14, 2011 9:12am
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Commander of Awesome

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Feb 14, 2011 9:13 AM
Skyhook79;677728 wrote:It was the same grade where they learned to start a sentence with WTF.

That must of (lolz) been after the trailing off thread topic class.

Also; you missed periods on P.S.
Feb 14, 2011 9:13am
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dave

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Feb 14, 2011 9:15 AM
what's with...all the...periods?
Feb 14, 2011 9:15am
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Fab4Runner

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Feb 14, 2011 9:23 AM
dave;677735 wrote:what's with...all the...periods?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis
Feb 14, 2011 9:23am
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GoChiefs

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16,754 posts
Feb 14, 2011 9:24 AM
Damn. What's you're problem? Somebody's in a bad mood today!
Feb 14, 2011 9:24am
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LJ

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Feb 14, 2011 9:28 AM
Fab4Runner;677717 wrote:WTF is up with people writing of instead of have?!

Would of, could of, should of....are you kidding me? I am easily annoyed (maybe too easily annoyed) with mistakes like this but I just don't get how people can think this is correct...or can let this slide when they see it. I mean would it make sense to use would've, could've or should've if it was of instead of have? No. What grade do we learn things like this? I can't ever remember not knowing it.

Sorry but I just had to rant about this. We all have our pet peeves.

PS why do people get pissed when you correct them on things like this? If I make a mistake I would prefer someone tell me so I don't go around sounding/looking like an idiot.

Because they are too stupid to understand that it is could've and don't understand contractions. These are the some people who use "your" instead of "you're".
Feb 14, 2011 9:28am
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Feb 14, 2011 9:33 AM
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Feb 14, 2011 9:33am
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Feb 14, 2011 9:35 AM
justincredible;677718 wrote:This should of been brought up a long time ago. I hate it as well.
LOL'd.
Feb 14, 2011 9:35am
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Con_Alma

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Feb 14, 2011 9:47 AM
Fab4Runner wrote:...I don't get it. ...
It's similar to when people say anyway(s) instead of anyway. I don't get it either.
Feb 14, 2011 9:47am
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Feb 14, 2011 9:55 AM
GoChiefs;677742 wrote:Damn. What's you're problem? Somebody's in a bad mood today!

It's called a menstrual cycle.
Feb 14, 2011 9:55am
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Fab4Runner

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Feb 14, 2011 9:55 AM
Con_Alma;677759 wrote:It's similar to when people say anyway(s) instead of anyway. I don't get it either.
I am probably guilty of that one. I make mistakes (and my mom corrects me ALL the time) but this one just seems so ridiculous to me. If it's would've, could've, should've it's obviously have and not of.
Feb 14, 2011 9:55am
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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Feb 14, 2011 9:57 AM
GoChiefs;677742 wrote:Damn. What's you're problem? Somebody's in a bad mood today!

It's called a menstrual cycle.
Feb 14, 2011 9:57am
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Con_Alma

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Feb 14, 2011 9:59 AM
I'm sure I do too but different things stand out to different people.
Feb 14, 2011 9:59am
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justincredible

Nick Mangold

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Feb 14, 2011 10:02 AM
Should'f, could'f, would'f.
Feb 14, 2011 10:02am
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j_crazy

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Feb 14, 2011 10:03 AM
Commander of Awesome;677733 wrote: Also; you missed periods
Widlcats20:

Feb 14, 2011 10:03am
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gorocks99

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Feb 14, 2011 10:04 AM
Most hated mistake: "I seen," as in, "I seen this commercial the other day"

No, you didn't "seen" anything. You saw. Or you are seeing. Nobody "seens" anything.
Feb 14, 2011 10:04am
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Fab4Runner

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Feb 14, 2011 10:04 AM
j_crazy;677781 wrote:Widlcats20:

Feb 14, 2011 10:04am
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Manhattan Buckeye

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Feb 14, 2011 10:08 AM
gone/went grinds my gears.

The proper grammar is "I went to the store to get a bottle of Jack before the OSU game." Or, "Wow, I should have gone to the store to get a bottle of Jack." Not, "I should have went to the store to get a bottle of Jack." Or even worse, to tie into the initial post, "I should of went to the store to get a bottle of Jack." This is so prevalent in my old neck of the woods.

I swear public schools in SE Ohio actively teach the wrong way of speaking.
Feb 14, 2011 10:08am
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karen lotz

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Feb 14, 2011 10:31 AM
LJ;677744 wrote:These are the some people who use "your" instead of "you're".


No one on OC does this.
Feb 14, 2011 10:31am