Of of of of of of of of of of

[BrickBiscuit]

That's the approximate number of rogue 'of's I have seen on Mumsnet posts today alone. 'Should of', 'would of', even an 'I of' somewhere. It is spread by repetition. Should we counter by correcting every instance we can, and enforce the correct use of 'have' by repetition?

Incidentally, my title is an old crossword clue. Do solve it if you like.

YABU: no, we should leave the 'of' people unchallenged;
YANBU: yes, let's have a campaign to correct each and every instance of the error.

Don’t get me started on ‘should try and’

Oh yes, this often happens 🤐

Leave people alone. You know what they're saying.

Yep, very OFTEN indeed.
Myself and hubby was talking about it earlier.

What's wrong with that?

You beat me to it

My pet hate. Along with his instead of he’s

had to step away for an hour or two because while "wanna" drives me bonkers, the "gunna" i saw sent me into some kind of fuge state

"Should try to" is correct.

Yes, lets have a campaign to bully people off MN.

Myself and hubby were talking about it earlier.

I don’t like it, but you do realise that education in the 80’s and 90’s could be really shitty.

Fugue.

Should try to...

Ah, I wouldn't see that as an error.

"Been" instead of "Being", on the other hand...

My husband and I were talking about it earlier. It was an attempt at humour.

"My husband and I" were........

"Myself" is a reflexive pronoun.

At least correct properly...

Husband and I were talking about it earlier...

You don't say "myself was talking". This trend of myself instead of me and I is driving me nuts.

I think that poster was being ironic

Thanks!

You can add off of to that list too.

I'm glad yourself finds it annoying too!

I’m still trying to work out the Brickbiscuit clue,

Myself wanted to axe if your happy?

I might of agreed with you in the past

but come on lives to short and pedants corner is that ^ way