It's should have and would have not should of and would of

[pippinleaf]

That's all.

YIBU (you is being unreasonable)

We try time and time again to educate the masses, but they just don't listen. More like, you will get slated if you comment.

And........you're not your.....as in you're being unreasonable

And......swings AND roundabouts....not swings in roundabouts

Yes, it is.

But really, is that the most important thing?

It's the idea, thought, hope, fear, question, that matters.

Not the standard of the OP's education. Or the cluelessness of their iPad.

That's all.

And you don't keep anything in draws!!!

Who cares.

I care. I'm reading the latest Lynda la Plante (yes yes, I know!) and even she doesn't know when to use 'your' and when it should be 'you're). Shocked is what I am!

What standard of education does this country put forward to the world if loads of people can't even speak their native tongue

I still don't care.

I care even less when I'm on a chat forum. Nothing you say will make me
care.

It's sitting down, not am sat down.

It doesn't matter on a chat forum. It does matter if you're applying for a job or writing a book (btw shouldn't Lynda La Plant's editor have picked that up?). It's important that people know when proper grammer/spelling is needed and when it doesn't matter.
Innit?

Their, their, never mind.

He borrowed me some money.

YANBU. My pet hate at the moment is people using "myself" incorrectly. I think they do it to sound more intelligent but it doesn't make any sense

Here we go again, we had a very long thread about this a couple of weeks ago.

This is a chat forum not an application for a job or a report to be presented to the UN High Commission.

Oh how clever you all are.

Oooh, I love a Gold Star. Thank you.

Bore off.

I like the sound of a swing in a roundabout, but it probably wouldn't end well

YANBU, pippinleaf, but then I'm a grumpy, pedantic old cow.

I'm incredibly pedantic, so I appreciate this thread. Thank you.

I really really struggle with English and get really intimidated by this kind of thing

I'll have a gold star too, please, while I ponder the modal / auxiliary construction of 'could have' and whether or not my year 7s really need to know this grammar shit.

Honestly ithoughtofitfirst, don't. The posters who point out that this stuff only matters in a formal context are right. The pedants can judge away.

YADDDDDNBU!!!!!!

I find my inner rage brewing when I see this written down or hear it being said

Meh

Should, coulda, woulda, whatevah....

It's come from "should've" and "would've" I assume? Which are perfectly fine but if you've only heard them can transmute into "should of"?

That's my guess.

Children's book earlier kept saying "off of" which led me to tell 5yo "this is bloody awful" which I'm not sure is the desired outcome of a bedtime story.