I'm sorry, but been instead of being, what the hell is that all about?

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I've seen it so many times in the last couple of days. It's crazy. I don't know how people can mix it up.

Well, obviously I do:

being
bein'
been

but it's so wrong!

Its like 'should of' instead of 'should have' - arising from 'should've'

I have just about got my DD to accept the logic of it instead of arguing the toss when I correct her.

Oh don't get me started!

"Can I lend that off you"
It's a constant battle with DH. I so desperately want the DCs to talk properly

DC1 has already started copying him with "It don't work"

It is similar to should of, but I've seen that many times before. Been/being is a new one on me.

While I'm here, I remember a thread ages ago about 'another thing/think coming'. It really threw me as I've always thought of it as 'another thing coming' but if you think about it, logically it has to be 'think'. Anyway, a columnist used 'another think coming' in a newspaper the other day and it still made me stop and read it again. I wonder how long it takes to retrain your brain with things like that.

It's not its!

BIL3 says 'I won him at bowling' instead of 'I beat him at bowling' or 'I won at bowling'.
I usually reply 'he's a bit big for your shelf' but he just looks blankkly at me....

Oh god, just thought of another - he's instead of his I see it on FB all the time - I usually comment

Bought / brought; specific / pacific; slither / sliver ---

'let's call the whole thing off!'

Suppose to. Gaaaaargh

'Illegible' instead of 'eligible', seen just today.

A secondary school teacher where I work was caught correcting a pupil who had spelled "light" perfectly correctly. He was insisting that the poor boy spell it "lite".

Now that is shocking.

See?