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Original poster

To refuse to engage with anyone who uses of instead of have?

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ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear · 31/08/2014 21:29

That's it.

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clpsmum · 31/08/2014 21:30

You are definitely NOT being unreasonable

notnowbernard · 31/08/2014 21:30

When written, spoken or both?

I find it more irritating in print

fassbendersmistress · 31/08/2014 21:30

Good luck with that.

(YABU)

Frogisatwat · 31/08/2014 21:30

No. Gets up my nose too.

WorraLiberty · 31/08/2014 21:31

I could of written that OP myself

YANBU

snice · 31/08/2014 21:31

you should of put this in Pedants' Corner hun Grin

Trills · 31/08/2014 21:32

You have no obligation to engage with anyone on MN.

If you apply this rule in real life you may find yourself in some difficult situations, particularly if you have a job.

Stealthpolarbear · 31/08/2014 21:32

Yabu I'm afraid :)

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ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear · 31/08/2014 21:32

Ha. Ha. Ha.

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PleaseNoMoreMinecraft · 31/08/2014 21:33

I cringe inwardly every time, YANBU! It does seem much worse written down than spoken, doesn't it - not sure why, maybe because it seems like it could just be a slip of the tongue if it's spoken.

ReadyToBreak · 31/08/2014 21:33

YANBU!

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ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear · 31/08/2014 21:33

I don't have a job. So that's ok then.

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ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear · 31/08/2014 21:34

Sod off stealth.

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ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear · 31/08/2014 21:35
Wink
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moggiek · 31/08/2014 21:36

YANBU! I mark down student papers for this!

halfdrunkcoffee · 31/08/2014 21:36

When I was 15 and attending an English lesson in a French school, I wrote something like "Adrian Mole is fed up of" and the teacher corrected my English. I should have written "fed up with".

It does irritate me when I see things like "could of" and "should of" written down. It's not so obvious when spoken as they sound similar to have.

youmakemydreams · 31/08/2014 21:37

When spoken it's would've should've could've rather than of. When it's written down it's just plsin wrong. I am noticing it more and more and can finally see what drives people to correct others spelling and grammar in a thread although I have resisted.

bikermouse1 · 31/08/2014 21:38

But why would it affect your olfactory senses, op?

Edenviolet · 31/08/2014 21:40

Mil uses he's instead of his. Drives me mad.....

MsVestibule · 31/08/2014 21:40

I'm a grammar/spelling pedant and loads of minor errors irritate me. However, I just have to accept that not everybody has been blessed with an innate understanding of this like what I have.

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ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear · 31/08/2014 21:41

You've got me there biker. Don't understand.

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bikermouse1 · 31/08/2014 21:42

Sozz, not op's nose wot was offended/afflicted....'twas froggy's .

Stealthpolarbear · 31/08/2014 21:42

Me neither

Stealthpolarbear · 31/08/2014 21:42

Ahhh x post that makes more sense

Topseyt · 31/08/2014 21:44

I don't tend to say anything about it, but I rarely respond to those threads even if I could contribute a useful reply.

It irritates me. It is one of my pet hates (of which I admittedly do have a fair few), and it is 100% wrong.