Could of, would of and should of...

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NO!

could have
would have
should have

It's past tense...it's stating what you could have done, would have done or should havedone. Could've, should've, would've are actual contractions of those terms...they're in the dictionary and everything!

It's not could'f, would'f or should'f is it?
'Of' makes no fucking sense! Stop using it!

I'm not generally one for the grammar pedantry but this one makes people look thick in a way that other common grammar mistakes don't imo.

Sorry...but I felt the need to express. Boot me about if you want.

Totally agree!! It's so irritating!!

I would of booted you about but I'd rather not

You could of picked a better title for the thread

there there, you have found your people. more will come.

People get confused because of the pronunciation of could've, would've, should've (as I have had to explain to my KS2 class many, many, many times). If they thought about it though, it would make no sense.

I couldn't agree with you more and don't even get me started with of instead of off as in 'I'm of work today' or 'on route'

I completely agree, it's annoying.

You're brave posting this in AIBU, I'd have had a quiet rant in Pedants' Corner myself

I agree. This will make me sound like a bitch but I genuinely think it makes posters sound thick when they use those terms in a way which is different from a typical grammar / spelling error.

Hear hear! I reply to customer letters in my job and the grammar mistakes I see every day are awful! Even worse are the ones who write in one long sentence, no punctuation or paragraphs or anything. They make my brain hurt.

Here here

The thing is, this never gets through to the people who do it. For example, if someone on a thread continually types 'of' when it should be 'have' or 've' and several people point out their mistake, they never take any notice at all and just carry on doing it. It's odd to me as it seems to be a complete blind spot.

You need to reign in your irritation...

Seems like a lot of people get angry about spelling mistakes going by this thread. It's a real loose-loose situation.

hehe...

But I'm right in that it stands out much more than other common grammar mistakes though doesn't it? Possibly because there is no need for it at all. Spelling mistakes and other grammar slip ups...so what? Easily done!

This one is just thoughtless and looks awful.

Maybe stick it in a chest of draws.

Or in a Chester draws if a chest of draws is not available?

I know that someone will come along soon to chide me about dyslexia, so here is my dyslexia disclaimer in advance. I understand it's not that simple for people with dyslexia.
But the rest of you - no excuses.

Vladmirs - it does make the writer seem thick, more so than other grammar mistakes. I don't know why but it just does.

So agree with you! What annoys me most is misuse of 'stood', 'sat' and 'laying'. I hate to read 'He was stood there' instead of standing, 'I was sat in the cafe' instead of sitting, and worst of all ' he was laying there' instead of lying. Why can't people get this basic English? Makes me cringe!

I'm a proofreader. You can imagine the levels of twitching that some threads cause me......

Agree!

Gah I could not agree more. I hate it so much!

YANBU

It's the obsession with 'myself' which is getting to me at the moment. What happened to good old 'me'?

''Myself and my husband wish to complain bla bla bla''.

It doesn't make your sentence sound more important or official - it makes you sound daft.

For example, if someone on a thread continually types 'of' when it should be 'have' or 've' and several people point out their mistake, they never take any notice at all and just carry on doing it.

Maybe they ignore it because they don't want to call attention to the rudeness of the people correcting them.