Unashamedly a TAAT!

[JudgeRinderSays]

AIBU to think MN should ban grammar and spelling pedantry on all forums except the one explicitly for this purpose.
It is so F*cking tedious!

Why not?

why does that mean I have to though?

Yanbu - it is not meant nicely and I bet they wouldn't do it to another adult in real life (unless in the position of a proof reader or teacher).

ConfusedinBath

Are there any people on this thread who don't know that it is "should have" not "should of"?

Who are you talking to?

Anyone who can't understand a thread because of minor poor grammar has to be a bit thick really.
Yes-it is rude to keep correcting people.

macsmurray the part I can read on that "blinds" link relates to the safety standards of blind cords to prevent strangulation injury.

You will of recently been informed.... this is what it says on macsmurray 's letter Amanda

ConfusedInBath "Funnily enough when I see should of ( especially in the title ) I often think it's just some goady sod"

Why would you assume that?

I know.
Whats your point?

What is a TAAT?

I haven't got a point but I presume macsmurrays point was that they wrote "of" instead of "have" who cares

I see.
Yes I got that. i saw that there was an error.
But I stated upthread that I thought it would be twunty to overlook an important safety message for the sake of a small grammatical error amd then was told that it wasnt a safety message.
So I was rreiterating that all I could see was the safety messsage.
However, I am now risking being pedantologocally irritating myself

Confused- so you assume everyone who posts on MN has been here a long time and has seen lots of threads about "of" and "have"

You need to start making less assumptions!

I believe that TAATs are "frowned upon" because of the likelihood of troll hunting.
And as this isn't that sort of taat it's exempt.
Might that be the case?

I assume that ppl say or write could/should of" instead of "could/should have" because that is what is might sound like if you say it like "could've"
When I was a kid i used to think it was "of"

bakeoff fewer assumptions