Could of, would of and should of...

[pictish]

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.

It annoys me too but not nearly as much as chester draws and "mac and cheese"

Pronunciation is not the issue. It is, however, an excuse.

Not mad keen on seen and done rather than saw and did either.

Pictish I have politely pointed this error out to someone. She was a legal secretary and about to send a letter out to a client in which she'd written, "You should of received [document] on XXX date".

YANBU.

"Ladyboy" chair?!

I hate the way people write of instead of have etc, he;s instead of his is used a lot by middlesborough people, my dil is from there and always says it, also hate wiv, instead if with, and i have heard this from older people too,
I am so tempted to correct grammar,
I also hate shortening of words, like corrie for coronation street, or any shortening of words
My son calls me the grammar police, because it so annoys me
One of my sons is called Andrew, and if anyone calls him Andy,i say his name is Andrew
Sorry, just bugs me

What the hell is a ladyboy chair?

It's because people say 'Could've' so they think the words are could & of.

My other pet hates include incorrect use of lay and lie. I was 'laying on the bed' . Nope, unless you are a hen and making an egg, you were in fact lying on the bed.

And the next one is using off AND of together.

As in 'I fell off of the bed'. WTF? WHY? Just why the need for 'of'!!!

YADNBU!!! I think social media and chat forums in general are giving a greater platform to demonstrate the lack of education in some people (dyslexics excused obviously) so it's very noticeable.

I was also going to say "their/there/they're and your/you're" like a pp. These are getting worse lately. DD brought (thats brought not bought ) some work home from reception recently and they had a student teacher. She used "your" when it should of have been "you're!" This is someone who is doing teacher training so should have a good grasp of the English language fgs.

Someone used "me and her" instead of "she and I" recently.

I couldn't take her seriously.

Opposite of Foo's one, I have noticed an increase in the use of "his" instead of "he's" - example "Aw, his a good lil boy!"
Another error that makes the writer appear dumb as a plank.

My (now adult) son has dyslexia and he also has an auditory processing disorder that limits his ability to compensate in ways that some people with dyslexia can. He struggled all through school, even with the extra help that fortunately we were in a position to provide. He even still goes back for extra tutoring in an adult literacy program to help him keep up with the demands of his job. It's a life-long challenge.

Threads like this one, which pop up on MN from time to time, are very disheartening to me because there is so often such a high degree of ignorance about how it is sometimes just the luck of the draw (better education opportunities, no learning difficulties, etc) that makes some people more adept at language than others. And then there are people for whom English is not their first language who may struggle with grammar and spelling. I cringe to think what would happen if I had to post something in French.

I think that people who correct other posters' language usage (unless they ask for help) usually come across as petty and small-minded. I am actually a professional pedant. I write and edit for a living. But the experiences of having raised a child with dyslexia and other learning difficulties and of having worked with an adult literacy organization have really opened my eyes to the challenges many people face with English.

I think it is also important to understand that it is relative. There are always going to be people who are better at some aspects of written and spoken English than others. They may have a higher baseline of acceptable literacy that puts many of us, even skilled writers, in the "needs improvement" category.

And this:
paintingthegreyarea.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/literacy-privilege/

The use of myself can be colloquial - it's perfectly acceptable in Hiberno-English and as I'm Irish I'll keep using it!

It drives me mad people using I and me incorrectly - e.g. "It belongs to mary and I" no it bloody doesn't, it belongs to "mary and me" or "mary and I own it".

Could of drives me mad amongst other things.

Sadly though these threads never stop it.

I was going to say that YABU but I do completely agree with you so that makes me U too and I don't care

I silently judge people who do this.

Also something else catching on - "Can care less" instead of "Can't care less"

I'm surprised that so many people would like me to "bare with" them!

Seneca I think you are being a little over-serious here. 90% of the population are not dyslexic (I spent decades teaching dyslexics by the way) . And being dyslexic is not an 'excuse' for not being able to write grammatically. The examples of could of etc, are not to do with being able to spell, or not, but ignorance over what the words actually are.

IME the worst 'offenders' of this crime are not dyslexics at all, because dyslexics are often very logical and understand the differences between a preposition and a verb.

Regional usage didn't used to matter when people read books and periodicals written in neutral, standard English. It's a matter of "register", the different kinds of language you use in different contexts.

Trouble is, nowadays an awful lot of people don't read. So if they say "I seen" / "I done" in the past tense, or "I sees" / "I does" in the present, that's what they write, because they don't realise it's not the correct register.

It's a real loose-loose situation.

Mission did you add that on purpose to wind people (such as me) up?

One thing that bugs me is ' am sick of my DH ' instead of ' I'm sick of my DH ' just no need for it.

I point out in a lecture to first year engineering students that "could of" etc is wrong. It's part of my "Rouge Galley" of common mistakes

The Rouge Galley sounds ......colourful

What is a ladyboy chair? Should I google it. I was most disappointed to find out what troll pants were.