To think when people say 'Should of' instead of 'Should HAVE' - it makes them look incredibly thick

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Honestly I do not understand how people can continue making this mistake

I know people who are very clever and have professional jobs, that continue to do this

It makes me fkin scream inside

I do not judge people who make this mistake.

I do judge people who call others thick.

Agreed. I judge the grammar police far more than I judge poor grammar. When seen on internet discussion boards, grammar policing is generally a surefire sign that the corrector has no real, cogent argument to offer, and instead chooses the laziest shortcut to making themselves look clever at someone else's expense.

It doesn't make them look clever. It makes them look what they are: small-minded, ignorant, rude, and not very good at constructing arguments. When people instantly see through it, as they inevitably do, the grammar-policer will often assumed the wide-eyed, innocent stance that 'If I were making grammatical slips, I'd want someone to be kind enough to correct me!'

Gerraway.

NB. If you're that desperate to correct SPAG, I understand Edexcel et al are crying out for examiners. Might as well get paid for it, rather than swallowing up column inches with tedious corrections no one in their right minds would want to read. It's very boring for others to have to trawl though this type of thing.

No. I'm interested in people's ideas and opinions, their reasoning and experiences and the conclusions they draw from them. If I were to judge someone's intelligence it would be on that basis. Given enough time and reinforcement you could teach a monkey the rules of SPAG. Knowing something is merely an indication a person has been taught that particular thing, not of how intelligent they are. I would probably consider it lacking in intelligence not to make that distinction.