AIBU to die inside a little bit every time I see 'could of'?

[MeetMeInMontauk]

Yep, it's another sanctimonious grammar-Nazi thread, so I'm going to get in early and tell all the bleeding heart virtue signallers who usually jump on these threads to do one, straight out of the gate. I'm interested in the experiences of others regarding what appears to be some sort of epidemic (at least on Facebook) or a near-ubiquitous grammatical blind spot in modern written English. For context, I live in an upcoming area of the SE but with an inescapably working class heritage and large council estate community, although this trend is by no means limited to the local FB community pages and is something that I see from even university-educated friends. How has 'could of' snuck in almost unremarked? Obviously as a corruption of the enunciation of the contraction 'could've' when spoken, but even then it makes no sense, if given even the slightest thought. Noone is saying, for example, 'Did you of one of my biscuits?', but the application of 'could of' seems almost universal in some circles. I accept that its contextual use means that nearly everyone involved understands the meaning and intent, but it's an inaccuracy that appears to be gaining continued traction. Does it make anyone else cringe, or do I just need to get back in my cage and chill the fuck out?

I'd forgotten to mention the third tier in inefficiency - after the reports were rewritten by office staff, another person would then proof the second person's work and add their own brand of bizarre punctuation into the mix!

I find it very hard not to correct bad grammar. My pet peeve is ‘John and I’, when it should be John and ME...and vice versa.

YADDDNBU. It kills me too.

I did too, longes.

It is bad but not nearly as bad as when people use are instead of our. Not only do they talk this way but they also write like that too!

I hate it. I find it very hard not to correct people who use it. I do internally judge them though.

'Your' seems to be creeping in instead of 'you'll' lately. I found it irritating enough when people mixed 'your' and 'you're' up but this latest version of fuckwittery makes me rage.

I think it's pure laziness. People increasingly type as they speak or pronounce a word and then everyone is too concerned about being called a keyboard warrior or a grammar nazi to correct them.

Jamieson- shame you don't feel so humphy about poor punctuation.

I give you this...

@randomuntrainedcuntowner 😂😂😂

Insure instead of ensure drive me nuts.

And don't get me started on misuse of "I". I actually don't mind the misuse of "me" in spoken language as it's more colloquial. The misuse of "I", I think, tends to be people trying to sound "proper" which irritates me.

YABU. Who cares?

Since @BookMeOnTheSudExpress mentioned punctuation...
Can anyone explain to me when to use commas😂 I can't figure it out properly. In my native language there are rules like comma behing certain words or when splitting a sentence in a certain way

My boss is a senior teacher in a school. Every week he puts out an email asking for nominations of pupils 'who have went above and beyond what's expected of them'.

I'm a lowly TA so I can't say anything. I wish someone from the English department would!

Chocolatedeficitdisorder that's absolutely shocking!!

The use of 'robbing' when what is meant is 'stealing' really annoys me. Your bike was robbed? So someone took the saddle and the bell, but left the bike? Thought not.

However there is something that I've found disturbing, and that is the frequent use of "I am sat" on MN.

It's dialect. Not disturbing, unless you are some kind of petit bourgeois oaf who is bothered by regional accents and dialect which might not be standard English.

@actualpuffins - It's dialect

That's all well and good in spoken language but generally written language should be grammatically correct.

I done and I seen are both very common dialect where I live, as is incorrect use of me (e.g. Johnny and me are going). While I never use I done or I seen, I regularly use "me" incorrectly in spoken language. However, I would never write it incorrectly.

Dialect is not an excuse for poor grammar. It may explain the incorrect usage but it doesn't make it correct.

All of the above annoy me but I don't think anyone has mentioned "hence why" yet. I couldn't walk hence I got the bus or I couldn't walk that's why I got the bus.

We mentioned it some pages back.

OftenHangry- here's a brief and not comprehensive list of when commas should/can be used.

www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/comma/

Seen "worse case scenario" on two different threads today 😱

The differences between you’re and your are clearly not understood by many posters.

And yes, the word effect can be a verb as well as a noun. Generally, though, effect (noun) and affect (verb) is a handy rule of thumb.

Drives me mad too.

alot. noooo it' two words.
the unnecessary use of 'myself'. 'you will need to phone myself....' ARRGGHH!! what's wrong with 'me'?
And as for apostrophes.

Todays Menu's

baked potatoe's

ect

Grrrr