Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 14, 2011 8:55am
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.
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.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Feb 14, 2011 8:56am
This should of been brought up a long time ago. I hate it as well.
-Society-
Posts: 1,348
Feb 14, 2011 9:00am
You missed some commas.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 14, 2011 9:01am
Thank you.-Society-;677721 wrote:You missed some commas.
Skyhook79
Posts: 5,739
Feb 14, 2011 9:09am
It was the same grade where they learned to start a sentence with WTF.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Feb 14, 2011 9:10am
Skyhook79;677728 wrote:It was the same grade where they learned to start a sentence with WTF.
So 4th?
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 14, 2011 9:12am
Sounds about right.justincredible;677729 wrote:So 4th?
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.
Commander of Awesome
Posts: 23,151
Feb 14, 2011 9:13am
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.
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dave
Posts: 4,558
Feb 14, 2011 9:15am
what's with...all the...periods?
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 14, 2011 9:23am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsisdave;677735 wrote:what's with...all the...periods?
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Feb 14, 2011 9:24am
Damn. What's you're problem? Somebody's in a bad mood today!
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Feb 14, 2011 9:28am
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".
Raw Dawgin' it
Posts: 11,466
Feb 14, 2011 9:33am
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sherm03
Posts: 7,349
Feb 14, 2011 9:35am
LOL'd.justincredible;677718 wrote:This should of been brought up a long time ago. I hate it as well.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Feb 14, 2011 9:47am
It's similar to when people say anyway(s) instead of anyway. I don't get it either.Fab4Runner wrote:...I don't get it. ...
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Feb 14, 2011 9:55am
GoChiefs;677742 wrote:Damn. What's you're problem? Somebody's in a bad mood today!
It's called a menstrual cycle.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 14, 2011 9:55am
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.Con_Alma;677759 wrote:It's similar to when people say anyway(s) instead of anyway. I don't get it either.
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Feb 14, 2011 9:57am
GoChiefs;677742 wrote:Damn. What's you're problem? Somebody's in a bad mood today!
It's called a menstrual cycle.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Feb 14, 2011 9:59am
I'm sure I do too but different things stand out to different people.
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
Feb 14, 2011 10:02am
Should'f, could'f, would'f.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Feb 14, 2011 10:03am
Widlcats20:Commander of Awesome;677733 wrote: Also; you missed periods
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Feb 14, 2011 10:04am
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.
No, you didn't "seen" anything. You saw. Or you are seeing. Nobody "seens" anything.
Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Feb 14, 2011 10:04am
j_crazy;677781 wrote:Widlcats20:
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Manhattan Buckeye
Posts: 7,566
Feb 14, 2011 10:08am
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.
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.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Feb 14, 2011 10:31am
LJ;677744 wrote:These are the some people who use "your" instead of "you're".
No one on OC does this.