Should have, not should of

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'As well' are two separate words.
Was just reading a very reasonable AIBU. Instead of thinking how reasonable the poster was, I was thinking this.

well, yanbu, but freds about freds aren't really on and it's not very naice to judge people on their grammar spelling etc

It makes my teeth itch (frequently) to read "would of" and "could of".

It has been mentioned so many times before that you would think people would learn, wouldn't you?

I cba with grammar policing at all, but I will confess that if there was one that admittedly gets on my wick, it's should of rather than should have.
It's not even the worst grammar cock up by far - and it's easy to see how the mistake can be made...but nevertheless I always gip at it.

Oi! If you can't say it nicely on the thread don't say it at all.

Language evolves. These days 'should of' is incorrect but I wouldn't be surprised if in 50 or 100 years it had become the correct version.

After all, 'ain't' was considered posh speak at one time.

YABU as this is a talk forum not an English paper.

Thank God somebody else started this thread before I was forced to.

You're right OP.

I just can't care about any thread with 'would of' in the title.

I think you'll find you meant 'Thank God, that somebody else started this thread, before I was forced to do so.'

It's not correct to end with a preposition or omit commas.

(And apologies if that was were your intention to demonstrate.)

YAB a bit U to be thinking about this instead of feeling concern/ interest for the poster - yes "should of" is grammatically incorrect - but people make spelling/ grammar mistakes sometimes and I don't think it's necessarily always helpful/ kind/ essential to point them out unless you are actually teaching an English lesson!

I know it's not very nice. I know it's pedantic.

I'm quite nice really, honest. I like kittens, rainbows, babies etc. But 'should of' just makes me feel a tiny bit stabby.

oh and op - yanbu! :)

I find mistakes really irritating, so every now and then I go and vent in Pedants' corner, where we all feel the same and nobody YABUs us!

YANBU.

I thought to myself i must of known that

santa - here's one, for you.

What I wonder is, is 'should a' worse?

I have a lovely teacher who is in his 70s and speaks with a broad Texan accent, and 'should have' comes out as 'shoulda'. I love it.

Is that bad?

Or should I have that 'shoulda woulda coulda changed my mind' song in my head?

(Btw, santa, if you wanted to snark, I omitted a 'to' there which is verboten in English as it's impossible in Latin. Perfectly sensible, right?)

I agree. Most people wouldn't dream of writing "I of been in London".

No one takes my identity as an egotistical participant in Jack, The Panto seriously.

Check out my blog:

'I, Bean, in London'.

Eglantyne - Thanks, I didn't know there was a pedants corner. I shall immerse myself in that to calm myself.

Actually, you are allowed to end a sentence with a preposition in English. The confusion arose because you can't in Latin and all the posh, old Etonian twunts thought they would start forcing this on us commoners. As Churchill said, "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put".

YANBU at all. Drives me fookin' NUTS!

I think 'we was' is much worse, but agree OP!

You're not the only one, OP; it makes me cringe whenever I see it and makes me far more likely to skip over that thread without reading if it's in the subject line. YANBU at all - particularly in these days of grammar & spellcheck on computers.

MrsTP - yes, that's what I'm getting at!

My grandpa used to love quoting 'up with which I will not put'.

All of these rules are only conventions.