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'Would of' is a phrase with no meaning whatsoever

125 replies

antlerqueen · 16/08/2011 11:17

Fully expecting a flaming or being accused of being a grammar nazi (i am a bit), but lately i see that phrase everywhere (a lot of the times on here).

would of - (of what? where? huh?)

It's would have. Just needed to get that off my chest :)

And am not even going to say a thing about 'could care less' or 'alot'... :D

OP posts:
milliemuffin · 16/08/2011 22:59

I'm loving this thread. I'm not a freak after all :) I'm only on page 2 but need my sleep so I look forward to reading the rest tomorrow.

Ps. 'Could of' is my all time pet hate.

FigsAndWine · 16/08/2011 23:04

Can I add 'bored of' to the list of grammatical crimes?
It's not 'bored of', it's 'bored with'. Angry

All of the things mentioned make my teeth itch.

FigsAndWine · 16/08/2011 23:05

And 'fed up of'.

Fed up with. FFS.

squeakytoy · 16/08/2011 23:06

Another one that irks me..

Angle..

As in "my little angle just wont go to sleep tonight"

Ah, so you gave birth to a set-square then? Grin

BoysAreLikeDogs · 16/08/2011 23:17

lol at these, partic angle, ROAR

Letz · 16/08/2011 23:22

The really common one I absolutely hate: "I use to go to this place" "he was suppose to come on Friday" why do so many people not know they need to put a D on the end??

StuckUpTheFarawayTree · 16/08/2011 23:22

Loving this.

Since moving south to the midlands, my DD has picked some habits up. She wrote me a note saying "please can I go round Ellie's or if not can she go round mine?" grrr!

EmmalinaC · 16/08/2011 23:24

I work for a marketing company bursting with bright young arts graduates. In the past week I have corrected the obvious there/their/they're, which/that, weather/whether, whose/who's, those/them, would of/would have more times than I care to mention. I have also deleted numerous superfluous apostrophes. I blame the education system and an unhealthy reliance on spell-checkers. It drives me up the bloody wall!

acsec · 16/08/2011 23:26

I was in Paperchase today and there was a notebook for "Birthday's and anniversaries" Why did nobody notice the bloody unnecessary apostrophe?!

acsec · 16/08/2011 23:29

argh my bold didn't work - the apostrophe was supposed to be in bold.

I also hate when people say "he come round the other day", no he came round the other day.

My favourite phrase that I like to use in an ironic manner is from Alesha Dixon on Strictly "you was bringing the funness to that (dance)"

EmmalinaC · 16/08/2011 23:30

Never mind that acsec there's a pub in Penge called The Two Half's

PerryCombover · 16/08/2011 23:32

i was sat there
i was stood there

acsec · 16/08/2011 23:33

oh dear Emma there's no hope!

EmmalinaC · 16/08/2011 23:37

I'm lovin' 'you was bringing the funness'! I must try and use that one...

WilsonFrickett · 16/08/2011 23:41

It's and its. Two different meanings. Learn them. That is all.

Eurostar · 16/08/2011 23:53

I think would have, could have, will actually change to commonly be would of, could of, in English before too long as they are becoming so current and I see that combination often these days in business documents (I'm a translator).

LineRunner · 17/08/2011 00:49

Split infinitive alert.

befuzzled · 17/08/2011 00:56

Mind due instead of mind you grrrrrrr

EuphemiaMcGonagall · 17/08/2011 07:00

The "don't split infinitives" rule is nonsense. It harks back to Latin, where verbs are single words, and has no logical place in English.

"To go boldly" just wouldn't have had the same impact. Grin

As for "don't end a sentence with a preposition": that is something up with which I will not put. Grin

MummyDoIt · 17/08/2011 07:40

What about the misuse of 'only' instead of few, for example, "one of the only times I went abroad". Either it's the only one or it's not.

Also the use of 'the military' to refer to the armed forces. Military is an adjective, not a noun! The same applies to 'hostiles' for enemy forces.

Bubbaluv · 17/08/2011 08:14

It's probably already been said, but I hate the use of text instead of texted.
"I text my friend and she didn't reply for ages."
No!! You texted your friend!!
Then again, I am a hopeless speller and have used double exclamation marks just for fun!!

EcoLady · 17/08/2011 09:40

May I add the misuse of the word decimate to mean destroy? It actually means to remove one in ten.

TheVermiciousKnid · 17/08/2011 09:55

'i was sat there
i was stood there'

Oh yes, that is one of my pet hates. Sadly it is becoming very common - I have even heard it on Radio 4 a few times. Shock Blush

poppyknot · 17/08/2011 10:30

I hate that too TVK. DOn't know why it grates so much but it does.

My mum has always been a spotter of these things (perhaps why I do it......) and I think she has an even more sensitive grammar/semantic radar than I do. She hates the common use of 'robust' in the context of describing policies, reactions and the like. I don't mind this and would not have noticed it had she not pointed it out. Now I go 'tsk tsk' on her behalf..... ANd now I am reminded about the use of 'rehearse'. Politicians are forever saying 'I am not going to rehearse that' meaning 'I am not going to go over that again.' This is quite recent but very common.

Must stop now or I will get into a twisted knot of disapproval.

Breathe, breathe..........

knobbysEx · 17/08/2011 10:49

Brilliant, mandy123 :o