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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I know I'm going to get the usual battering for this so my stab vest is on..... The use of the word 'of' instead of 'have' (e.g. 'Shouldn't of' instead of shouldn't have' - 'would of' instead of 'would have') really gets my gander!
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I do find it a tiny bit annoying but its almost accepted usage now.
I don't understand though, how people can read "should have" and "could have" used correctly and still not cotton on.
But as I make grammatical errors myself I'm not about to complain too much  |
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Everyone knows it's
To of and to hold from this day forward.
Please may I of a pound have bacon.
I don't know why there's confusion over it.
Some just want to of their cake and eat it.
There should be less have this kind have error. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I dont type it but I have a habit of saying 'Can I lend your toilet' to which a reply of 'why, where you taking it' gets offerd in return."
Or more correctly "who are you going to lend it to, and where would they be taking it?" Since if you wish to use something you are in fact borrowing it and not lending it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Everyone knows it's
To of and to hold from this day forward.
Please may I of a pound have bacon.
I don't know why there's confusion over it.
Some just want to of their cake and eat it.
There should be less have this kind have error. "
Go granny! Lol. I should of known you'd of come up with that!  |
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"I dont type it but I have a habit of saying 'Can I lend your toilet' to which a reply of 'why, where you taking it' gets offerd in return.
Or more correctly "who are you going to lend it to, and where would they be taking it?" Since if you wish to use something you are in fact borrowing it and not lending it."
Its Wales, we dont speak correctly and toilets are still outside |
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"I know I'm going to get the usual battering for this so my stab vest is on..... The use of the word 'of' instead of 'have' (e.g. 'Shouldn't of' instead of shouldn't have' - 'would of' instead of 'would have') really gets my gander!
Any other misuses that boil your piddle?"
With my lazy Midlands accent it sounds like I'm saying "would of" when I am in fact saying "would 'ave" so I can forgive people typing it in error... some of the time.
But... I was forced to listen to someone using "difficulter" repeatedly in a conversation. It took every bit of willpower I could muster to restrain myself. |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
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"I do find it a tiny bit annoying but its almost accepted usage now.
I don't understand though, how people can read "should have" and "could have" used correctly and still not cotton on.
But as I make grammatical errors myself I'm not about to complain too much "
I think it's the confusion of spoken and written communication. We pronounce 'could've' as 'could of' and this is then translated into writing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Everyone knows it's
To of and to hold from this day forward.
Please may I of a pound have bacon.
I don't know why there's confusion over it.
Some just want to of their cake and eat it.
There should be less have this kind have error.
Go granny! Lol. I should of known you'd of come up with that! "
OP I have known Gran for years she can run rings around most people . And even you . |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Everyone knows it's
To of and to hold from this day forward.
Please may I of a pound have bacon.
I don't know why there's confusion over it.
Some just want to of their cake and eat it.
There should be less have this kind have error.
Go granny! Lol. I should of known you'd of come up with that! OP I have known Gran for years she can run rings around most people . And even you . "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If any of you need me, I'm going to start smuggling bad grammar refugees out of grammar nazi occupied fab land under cover of darkness, I'm going to dump the earth from the tunnel in the Canada chat room, (no one goes in there) viva la revolution lol |
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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago
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"I dont type it but I have a habit of saying 'Can I lend your toilet' to which a reply of 'why, where you taking it' gets offerd in return.
Or more correctly "who are you going to lend it to, and where would they be taking it?" Since if you wish to use something you are in fact borrowing it and not lending it.
Its Wales, we dont speak correctly and toilets are still outside"
Toilets? In Wales? I don't think so. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I dont type it but I have a habit of saying 'Can I lend your toilet' to which a reply of 'why, where you taking it' gets offerd in return.
Or more correctly "who are you going to lend it to, and where would they be taking it?" Since if you wish to use something you are in fact borrowing it and not lending it.
Its Wales, we dont speak correctly and toilets are still outside"
You speak for yourself! |
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"I know I'm going to get the usual battering for this so my stab vest is on..... The use of the word 'of' instead of 'have' (e.g. 'Shouldn't of' instead of shouldn't have' - 'would of' instead of 'would have') really gets my gander!
Any other misuses that boil your piddle?"
people being pedantic..?
piddle?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Piddle is a word for slash , pee or piss . Really you should have or is it of thought about it more . Now I'm getting in a puddle or is that piddle "
I was going to say piss but I was being polite |
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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago
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"As I know that nothing I can do will ever change people's poor grammar, misuse of homophones and bad punctuation, I just try to ignore it.
They all rankle however
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So are you only concerned about bad grammar from one person or is your apostrophe in the wrong place? |
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"Piddle is a word for slash , pee or piss . Really you should have or is it of thought about it more . Now I'm getting in a puddle or is that piddle "
thought it was tiddle..
or is it tinkle..
ooh err its all a bit confuddling.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Piddle is a word for slash , pee or piss . Really you should have or is it of thought about it more . Now I'm getting in a puddle or is that piddle
thought it was tiddle..
or is it tinkle..
ooh err its all a bit confuddling...."
Now we are confused enough up north we don't need you southerners dropping in a tinkle or tiddle ....... O hell what's the question op was on about |
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"Piddle is a word for slash , pee or piss . Really you should have or is it of thought about it more . Now I'm getting in a puddle or is that piddle
thought it was tiddle..
or is it tinkle..
ooh err its all a bit confuddling....
Now we are confused enough up north we don't need you southerners dropping in a tinkle or tiddle ....... O hell what's the question op was on about"
I know, clogs on the wrong feet must be a reet bugga.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"As I know that nothing I can do will ever change people's poor grammar, misuse of homophones and bad punctuation, I just try to ignore it.
They all rankle however
So are you only concerned about bad grammar from one person or is your apostrophe in the wrong place?"
people is the plural of person therefore the apostrophe is actually in the correct place isn't it?!?!?!
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Using "overly" instead of "over" really annoys me.
It's an American import, a silly case of hypercorrection. "Over" is already an adverb and doesn't need the suffix "-ly" to chaneg it into one.
Decent, faultless English on both sides of the Atlantic is, for instance, "He's over excited" and not "He's overly excited."
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"As I know that nothing I can do will ever change people's poor grammar, misuse of homophones and bad punctuation, I just try to ignore it.
They all rankle however
So are you only concerned about bad grammar from one person or is your apostrophe in the wrong place?
people is the plural of person therefore the apostrophe is actually in the correct place isn't it?!?!?!
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Yes, it is. |
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By *vsnikkiTV/TS
over a year ago
Limavady |
"As I know that nothing I can do will ever change people's poor grammar, misuse of homophones and bad punctuation, I just try to ignore it.
They all rankle however
So are you only concerned about bad grammar from one person or is your apostrophe in the wrong place?
people is the plural of person therefore the apostrophe is actually in the correct place isn't it?!?!?!
Yes, it is. "
Yes you're correct. My mistake. Sorry |
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We all have our bet beeves, mine is using 'both' when it should be 'either'; as in
'Use both lanes' when it should be 'Use either lane'.
And the Americanism 'gotten'. What's wrong with just 'got'. "I've gotten myself a new hat". NO, NO, NO. "You've got yourself a new hat".
But then I often make mistakes myself, especially when writing quickly. Often I catch them on a re-read but sometimes I don't. 'are' and 'our' often catch me out even though I know the rules. Another one I've found myself making is 'now' instead of 'know' (not even 'no') and my worst one is 'a' instead of 'I' as in 'a want to get this right'.
A lot of the mistakes are to do with how you speak ("could have" - "could've" - "could of"). I know I pronounce 'I' very similar 'a'.
I think in an informal environment, as long as what's being said can be understood, I'm not going to get worked up about it; but when I see such mistakes in formal documents or application forms I do judge the author quite negatively.
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There's a few that niggle me but as in far from perfect I don't bother about it too much 
