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I've eased off from my older grammar nazi ways. I've taken a step back and no longer go out of my way to correct people and all in all wave around my internet-only elitist narcissism in their face.
However, it still makes me twitch a bit every time I see something terribly misspelled not because they made a typo, but because they honestly don't know how to spell it but try anyway.
The worst is when people use "of" instead of "have". It just...ugh. It makes my brain contort in uncomfortable ways because I have to go back and say it aloud in my head because I just can't wrap my mind around it.
"could of", "should of", "would of", etc -> NOT correct.
...could HAVE...
...should HAVE...
...would HAVE...
etc...
could've
should've
would've
etc...
I don't know why, but this one error disproportionately bugs me more than any other. Please stop, guys. If your location says United States, or any other country with English as its native common language there's really just no excuse. Stop warping my brain in uncomfortable ways.
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Thanks for telling others this. I also cringe when people type 'anyways' instead of 'anyway.'
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What about your and you're... a lot of people are pretty.... grammar nazi about that ;O
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I could of sworn someone made a blog about this before. Things like this annoy me to.
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You could of told me earlier, I've been doing this for years -.-
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It's because when you say could've(or the others) in regular speech it sounds very much like could of rather than the fully pronounced could have.
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On June 11 2011 15:13 koreasilver wrote:
could'f
really i think that is what people must be thinking.
"Could of" sounds just like "could've" if you don't think about it all the way.
Glad you brought this to the attention of the masses, I hope I don't fall victim to this and make your brain get all twisted.
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I would of not say this but now i do it anyways. You are correct.
TBH i've never seen anyone use "of" instead of "have". I dont find them sounding close at all :S
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Strangely, I have never heard anyone say "could of", "should of", or "would of" in real life; I have only seen this mistake on the internet.
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What's really interesting here is that "grammar nazi" is a term that vilifies the actual proper use of English while maintaining that it's perfectly okay for people to not write/speak the language correctly. Talk about the decline of civilization.
Anyways, I think your making a good point. I get pissed off about these things to. Although, I could of sworn their was a thread about this not to long ago.
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I always make this mistake:
defence, defense.
Also:
maelstorm, maelstrom.
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I immediately think less of people who write "persay" instead of "per se."
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I'm a closet grammar Nazi and I support this message.
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Same with expressions like bear in mind.
WTF is "bare in mind." It makes no sense at all.
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yeah, could of, should of etc annoys the crap out of me as well.
But I always thought that it was "grammer nazi" to further annoy said grammer nazi, because you misspell grammar.
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On June 11 2011 15:58 eshlow wrote:
Same with expressions like bear in mind.
WTF is "bare in mind." It makes no sense at all.
"Baited breath" really bothers me X_X
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On June 11 2011 16:00 Empyrean wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2011 15:58 eshlow wrote:
Same with expressions like bear in mind.
WTF is "bare in mind." It makes no sense at all. "Baited breath" really bothers me X_X
I used to write Propably for years when I was younger. :p
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On June 11 2011 15:49 Dalguno wrote:
I'm a closet grammar Nazi and I support this message.
Me too.
too= in addition to, also
to= preposition
'I want to go to!'
Your= possession
You're= You are
'Your my favorite person in the world!'
Their= possession
They're= They are
There= adverb (or whatever part of speech it is)
'I wish I was on there team!'
These are the most obvious ones and the most commonly butchered (but in general people have absolutely atrocious grammar). Every time I see someone with 'United States' (or Australia, or the UK) for their location who misuses these I hang my head and weep for the decline of humanity into a savage and barbaric people who don't know the proper usage of third grade grammar. And the thing is, I know a lot of these people are in colleges or universities. . .
But then again people who couldn't be taught in school aren't going to change their ways because I made a post on TL
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On June 11 2011 16:05 Kazragore wrote:Show nested quote +On June 11 2011 15:49 Dalguno wrote:
I'm a closet grammar Nazi and I support this message. Me too. too= in addition to, also to= preposition 'I want to go to!' Your= possession You're= You are 'Your my favorite person in the world!' Their= possession They're= They are There= adverb (or whatever part of speech it is) 'I wish I was on there team!' These are the most obvious ones and the most commonly butchered (but in general people have absolutely atrocious grammar). Every time I see someone with 'United States' (or Australia, or the UK) for their location who misuses these I hang my head and weep for the decline of humanity into a savage and barbaric people who don't know the proper usage of third grade grammar. And the thing is, I know a lot of these people are in colleges or universities. . . But then again people who couldn't be taught in school aren't going to change their ways because I made a post on TL
Worst one I've ever seen, while texting my friend. He says:
"Ya just let me no and will hang out"
Will=/= We'll
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