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.

I don’t mind it; it’s the oral version of should’ve.

What I can’t stand is ‘reaching out’ instead of ‘asking’.

😆

BTW everyone:

It's "with regard to" and "in regard to".

"With regards to" suggests you're sending greetings and "in regards to" suggests your grammar is extremely poor.

Sorry.
I missed your earlier post cos I type slowly.

Fugue state 👍 😉

Pretty sure “try and see” is also ok to use. Certainly more correct than should of?

I got it!

brought a house brought a car - aargh

What I can’t stand is ‘reaching out’ instead of ‘asking’.

Yes, this is frightful.
When did this become common parlance?

No. Because not everyone is perfect.

Oftentimes it’s annoying…

I annoys me too, but YABU for not posting this in Pedants’ Corner where it belongs.

The actual clue, as I really should have stated it, was:

Of of of of of of of of of of (10)

I don't think I got it first time, and had to wait for the solution next day. There are a couple of suggestions hinted at upthread, but they don't quite get there.

The incorrect use of myself and yourself is driving me crazy atm! It is EVERYWHERE!!

There is 10 of them. So I guess it is Often.

Eye no wot there c'esting but it hardly helps clear communication.

C'mon- bully? I'm not British and I'm actually thankful when someone points out a mistake I've made. As long as it's done nicely and not mockingly.

I have OFTEN (yey, I got it) noticed how people tend to mistake bought-brought and loose-lose which I don't really get. But then I have had to learn expressions as "taking the mickey" (thought it had to do with Mickey Mouse first) and "clamp my fanny shut" - laughed out loud when I got that one.

Oh, and something I love but I can't explain why, it's just so endearing when people use "me" instead of "my". Like me dad and I.. Don't know if it's just in certain parts of England it's used but it's adorable. Can't use it myself without feeling like an impostor though.

Um no. I think it was a joke.

My husband and I were talking about it earlier.

There are ten of them.
🤣

"And by the way, Y O U apostrophe R E means you are, Y O U R means YOUR!"

Bugger.....🤣🤣🤣

I was obviously leading myself up a blind alley. 😆

I am.

Ahhh, oftentimes when I'm solving crossword clues I find the number of letters most helpful

Most people are idiots. What will you achieve by educating them? You'll only make them as good as you, and lose your advantage.