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AIBU?

To state that it is WOULD HAVE, not "would of".

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SanitaryOwl · 04/05/2013 17:43

FFS! Would HAVE. Should HAVE. Could HAVE. Not: "of". You never "could of/would of/should of" ANYTHING.

Sorry. As you were. I just really needed to get it off my chest. I already have my , and now I shall sit here in my judgy-pants and continue silently rolling my eyes at all of those who "would not of" started this thread.

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Scholes34 · 04/05/2013 18:57

My favourite sentence for typing in response to a request to send something to someone is "It's on its way." I feel very pleased with myself for that.

WhereYouLeftIt · 04/05/2013 18:51

" do you really think that people write "would of" on MN but use "would have" in formal prose? It's not a deliberate informal useage like "obvs" or "ROFL"; it's based on a misconception."
Agreed.

It's all very well to say "well you know what the writer meant, what's your problem", but as the reader it positively jars when I come across it. I pause, reread, translate it into 'have' and continue. But it jars. It interrupts the flow. It detours me, and I'm sure that is not the writer's intention.

VivaLeBeaver · 04/05/2013 18:46

Yanbu.

When we looked round secondary schools for dd we were looking at work on the wall in the English dept. The central, highlighted story had "could of" in the first sentence. I was guessing the English teacher didn't know the difference......we chose a different school.

FagEnds · 04/05/2013 18:46

The verb, To Of, gets quite complicated quite quickly. Of you got your keys? I gave them to you and you odded them...

AgnesBligg · 04/05/2013 18:42

It makes me want to actually scream when people do this.

It's would've, people! ffs.

Trill · 04/05/2013 18:38

:o at Pixie - snap!

Trill · 04/05/2013 18:38

you might like this Alot

SoonToBePixie · 04/05/2013 18:35

LadyIsabellaWrotham · 04/05/2013 18:34

Koko, do you really think that people write "would of" on MN but use "would have" in formal prose? It's not a deliberate informal useage like "obvs" or "ROFL"; it's based on a misconception.

YANBU OP, but I hope you're wearing flameproof underwear.

needaholidaynow · 04/05/2013 18:34

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LadyBeagleEyes · 04/05/2013 18:34

If you can read and understand it, does it really matter?
There are so many threads about this, the only one I agree with is no paragraphs, as I find them impossible to read with my old gimmer eye sight, and that kind of goes for text speak too.
Otherwise I just let it go.

SanitaryOwl · 04/05/2013 18:30

"But one of the reason why that topic exists is so that it can be hidden, so those who do not want to see unpleasant attacks on other posters do not have to. "

Who's attacked someone? Did I even mention mumsnet? If the thread is in defiance of the rules then report it, and stop derailing, thanks.

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QuintessentialOHara · 04/05/2013 18:27

You are wrong.

The role of grammar is to describe the language people speak, not regulate it.

Therefore, now "Would of", and "should of", along with "I brought a chicken to stew" will coincide happily with Would have and Should Have and "I bought a chicken..."

You can not stand in the way of linguistic development.

woopsidaisy · 04/05/2013 18:27

I am Irish, and I think that this is a British thing, but " I was sat on the bus"...
It has many other guises but it is so annoying! and it is everywhere, absolutely everywhere.

TallGiraffe · 04/05/2013 18:27

There was a man on BBC breakfast the other morning saying that good grammar was the source of happiness and a good economy

louisianablue2000 · 04/05/2013 18:24

Where oh where has would of come from? It's something that the young ones at work have started using relatively recently, I'd never heard it before. Is it some foreign import?

fairylightsinthespring · 04/05/2013 18:23

YANBU OP, "lol" also gets right on my pip. "FFS" used to as well, but now my kids are of an age when you have to be careful what you say around them, it's quite useful . Also, "I done some.." rather than "I did some.."

kokokardashian · 04/05/2013 18:23

Nobody needs reminded because it's not important.
It's talking shit on the internet, not a CV.

FattyMcChubster · 04/05/2013 18:19

People who write 'carnt' make me a little bit stabby...

AuntieStella · 04/05/2013 18:16

The pedants, who are a nice inch, might not need reminding.

But one of the reason why that topic exists is so that it can be hidden, so those who do not want to see unpleasant attacks on other posters do not have to.

A want of consideration is as bad, if not worse, than a typing slip.

Bowlersarm · 04/05/2013 18:12

It won't be remembered.

My spelling is good, my punctuation is good. I know a lot of words. But I absolutely cannot get, however much MNers try and drum it into me, apostrophes. I'm sorry, I just don't remember.

If you have a blank spot, well, you just have it!

thebody · 04/05/2013 18:10

I really wish I was good at language and that I cared.

I am not and I do not,, not one jot.

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orangeandemons · 04/05/2013 18:09

Affect and effect drive me mad

crashdoll · 04/05/2013 18:08

Alot is the only one that irritates me, apart from that, I am very 'meh' about the whole thing.

SanitaryOwl · 04/05/2013 18:07

With the best will in the world, I don't think it's actually the grammar pedants who need reminding of this one, frankly.

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