View Full Version : People who say "should of" instead of "should have"
IceColdBrewski
12-13-2010, 03:18 PM
Knock that shit off. You look like an idiot.
Edumicate yourself...
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couldof.html
IronMexican
12-13-2010, 03:38 PM
I shoulda took better English classes.
IceColdBrewski
12-13-2010, 03:41 PM
Seriously?
Damn right.
Consider it my contribution to society.
lefty
12-13-2010, 03:42 PM
I kinda agree
cheguevara
12-13-2010, 03:43 PM
lette me ax you another question...
IceColdBrewski
12-13-2010, 03:44 PM
I shoulda took better English classes.
Acceptable.
LoneStarState'sPride
12-13-2010, 03:44 PM
lette me ax you another question...
Dammit, cheguevara! Took the words right out of my mouth. I can't stand that shit :lol
Oh, Gee!!
12-13-2010, 03:49 PM
I shoulda took better English classes.
just go to liberry and learn yourself some gooder english
The Gemini Method
12-13-2010, 03:54 PM
I know I shouldn't of open this thread...But you know when your bored you often do things that aren't write.
Damn right.
Consider it my contribution to society.
So you're one of those grammar Nazis that goes around talking shit about how someone misused their, there, or they're, while all the rest of us have better shit to do than to give half a fuck?
Nice ta meet ya they're.
IceColdBrewski
12-13-2010, 04:07 PM
So you're one of those grammar Nazis that goes around talking shit about how someone misused their, there, or they're, while all the rest of us have better shit to do than to give half a fuck?
Nope. But it's funny watching you get all butthurt about it. Lighten up francis.
Nice ta meet ya they're.
Likewise.
RandomGuy
12-13-2010, 04:14 PM
Knock that shit off. You look like an idiot.
Edumicate yourself...
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couldof.html
This is one of those errors typically made by a person more familiar with the spoken than the written form of English. A sentence like “I would have gone if anyone had given me free tickets” is normally spoken in a slurred way so that the two words “would have” are not distinctly separated, but blended together into what is properly rendered “would’ve.” Seeing that “V” tips you off right away that “would’ve” is a contraction of “would have.” But many people hear “would of” and that’s how they write it. Wrong.
Note that “must of” is similarly an error for “must have.”
Your title suggest that people say this out loud.
The problem isn't what is said, but what is written, as the article itself suggests.
"Should've" is pronounced almost identically to "should of"
If one wants to get picky...
IronMaxipad
12-13-2010, 04:16 PM
You should of make an better thread
IceColdBrewski
12-13-2010, 04:22 PM
Your title suggest that people say this out loud.
The problem isn't what is said, but what is written, as the article itself suggests.
"Should've" is pronounced almost identically to "should of"
If one wants to get picky...
I meant those who "type" it that way. But I figured most people would be able to figure that part out.
cheguevara
12-13-2010, 04:23 PM
"Should've" is pronounced almost identically to "should of"
could you please give me a real world sentence using "should of"?
thanks
:rolleyes
DeadlyDynasty
12-13-2010, 04:30 PM
Someone call the ambalamps
Spurminator
12-14-2010, 10:11 AM
I'd like to take this opportunity to also remind people that it's "I couldn't care less," not "I could care less."
CuckingFunt
12-14-2010, 11:13 AM
I'd like to take this opportunity to also remind people that it's "I couldn't care less," not "I could care less."
That one annoys the shit out of me.
CubanMustGo
12-14-2010, 11:18 AM
OFTEN
off-ten or ofen?
Yes.
That's "should've," a perfectly legitimate contraction.
Trainwreck2100
12-14-2010, 03:29 PM
My boss left me a note with should of written in it, i had to read it about 5 times
Bukefal
12-14-2010, 03:29 PM
Yeah, I was wondering why some people use 'should of' instead of 'should have'. Should of' looked strange. I was wondering why native English speakers themselves make that mistake.
Fpoonsie
12-14-2010, 04:48 PM
I'd like to take this opportunity to also remind people that it's "I couldn't care less," not "I could care less."
Ugh. Mother. fucking. this.
And it's not just a forum faux pas. I've heard it COUNTLESS times on TV and different movies. Jesus. The contradiction is obvious is you simply take a second and listen to yourself.
Fpoonsie
12-14-2010, 04:49 PM
That's "should've," a perfectly legitimate contraction.
The contraction's fine...it's when they separate the two that it goes full retard.
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