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[Gibbo]

I do not want to single out specific people, but I have been seeing many cases of people here using 'Should of' in place of 'Should have/ Should've'. Eg. I should of bought Witcher 3

To be honest, I was unaware of the widespread use of 'Should of' until I started visiting this forum. I guess people get confused as this sounds like 'Should have' when it is said outloud?

 

[munchie64]

I shouldn't of clicked on this thread.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

I do not want to single out specific people, but I have been seeing many cases of people here using 'Should of' in place of 'Should have/ Should've'. Eg. I should of bought Witcher 3

To be honest, I was unaware of the widespread use of 'Should of' until I started visiting this forum. I guess people get confused as this sounds like 'Should have' when it is said outloud?

That's exactly the reason why. I should of known someone would get uptight about it.

 

[Bare Grills]

Should of had a v8

 

[EBE]

OP must of known what was gonna happen with the replies

 

[Sober]

OP must of known what was gonna happen with the replies

he must of forgotten gaf doesn't read OPs

 

[Spinoff90]

I should of paid more attention in school so that I would of learned better. But I might of not learned anyway so I could of just wasted my time trying.

 

[Htown]

So what happened is "should have" became the contraction "should've", which sounds like "should of" to people who haven't seen "should've" in print.

 

[Gintoki]

I should of mowed the lawn

 

[Soule]

Yeah pet peeve of mine, right up there with using the word addicting instead of addictive.

 

[Kyou]

Language evolves, quit holding on to the past.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Yeah pet peeve of mine, right up there with using the word addicting instead of addictive.

I should of stop playing video games sooner; it's so addicting.

 

[Amalthea]

Should of should offed 'Should of'.

 

[EBE]

I propose we rename this thread The use've 'Should of' needs to stop.

 

[DxGonzalo]

Just words lol. You should of not got so bothered by the way people type on a forum

Spoiler

 

[brianmcdoogle]

I literally agree that should of should be done with cause these morans are rediculous and need to spend their time in a liberry.

 

[EBE]

holy shit.

 

[CTLance]

I propose we rename this thread The use've 'Should of' needs to stop.

Ask and ye shall receive, it seems. Heh.

 

[PfantzyPantz]

But should of is too addicting, you loose this time OP.

-beautiful title change

 

[Wag]

Should of, could of, would of...

 

[Maximus.]

A lot of people are bad at proper grammar and sentence structure.

 

[MIMIC]

I type "should uv"

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

A lot of people are bad at proper grammar and sentence structure.

U wot m8?

 

[ClivePwned]

The Grammar Zombie Apocalypse has begun.

 

[Tesseract]

they're equal if you want them to be, don't be such a racist

 

[Nozem]

Predictable replies are the worst form of shitposting.

 

[Spikematic]

Language evolves, quit holding on to the past.

I sincerely hope you're trolling. Because 'should of' doesn't sound remotely evolved. If anything, it makes the person sound illiterate. Unless in your opinion butchering the English language is a form of evolving...

 

[Tesseract]

i could of used should have is a grammar nazi cult

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Predictable replies are the worst form of shitposting.

I'm browsing this thread on my Vita.

 

[VeeP]

holy shit.

Man, I was laughing at all the post before yours. But when I saw yours I died. It must of been the funniest post I've read in sometime.

 

[Tesseract]

the use've should of is my new dungeons and dragons title

 

[Ventilaator]

I sincerely hope you're trolling. Because 'should of' doesn't sound remotely evolved. If anything, it makes the person sound illiterate. Unless in your opinion butchering the English language is a form of evolving...

The actual goddamn dictionary definition of 'literally' is 'not literally' so I wouldn't be surprised if could of is an okay thing to say in a few years.

 

[Tesseract]

The actual goddamn dictionary definition of 'literally' is 'not literally' so I wouldn't be surprised if could of is an okay thing to say in a few years.

in all actuality, i doubt it very much so

 

[hobblygobbly]

 

[Tesseract]

the dark nazi knight

 

[rekameohs]

I could care less. For all intensive purposes, it means the same thing.

 

[way more]

The OP sounds very informed and educated. We should all defer to his judgement.

 

[Soule]

I could care less. For all intensive purposes, it means the same thing.

You sack of wine!

 

[supernormal]

The thing I hate about should of is that it doesn't make any sense. It's one of those things where you don't even have to know the original expression, just by looking at the sentence it would automatically look wrong. I take shoulda, coulda, woulda any day.

 

[davepoobond]

there is one situation where it should of course

 

[triplestation]

Sugar

 

[maquiladora]

Should of known the direction this thread would take.

 

[menacin]

whoa, i dont think i have ever seen this word before:

use've

...did you make that up just now?

 

[Hasney]

You should of just scoffed at the language peasants and then moved on OP.

 

[IrishNinja]

Should of had a v8

instead of a three eight slug to ya cranium (pow)
i got six, and i'm aimin em

I sincerely hope you're trolling. Because 'should of' doesn't sound remotely evolved. If anything, it makes the person sound illiterate. Unless in your opinion butchering the English language is a form of evolving...

should've makes people sound illiterate now

simply sensational

 

[davepoobond]

By the way who says should've is better to use than should of? Before grammar was law people would write anything and everything to fill up a page with whatever sounded like they were trying to convey. Only after the grammar police took over did that become illegal

 

[munchie64]

Predictable replies are the worst form of shitposting.

Sorry. You should of told me earlier.

 

[Jaffaboy]

I could care less, OP.

 

[FoxSpirit]

By the way who says should've is better to use than should of? Before grammar was law people would write anything and everything to fill up a page with whatever sounded like they were trying to convey. Only after the grammar police took over did that become illegal

And before grammar, there was a dark time. When the old symbols were lost but the new ones were still in chaos.
Seriously, China can only communicate because of their unified written language.
Grammar had the same effect here. There are some local dialects that are harsh on most people, heck some Germans have problems with Swiss-German.

So go grammar, you should've been the king from the get go.

 

[Lagamorph]

If you think should of sounds the same as should've then you aren't pronouncing either should've or of right.