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Topic: People who say "should of" instead of "should have" need to die a horrible death

Anonymous 68c3b40bf0526eca5b83565fb876430b started this discussion 3 months (2008-09-06 13:27:47 UTC) ago:

What's wrong with those people? :-/

Anonymous 676f31f262f3ba97b43bb15c6dd57a16 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-06 16:00:46 UTC) ago, 3 hours later (#57,948):

I never understood that either, doesn't even sound similar. It makes my inner grammar Nazi cringe.

Anonymous 657261e9b38173ac1b22c89ad71c2037 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-06 16:40:05 UTC) ago, 39 minutes later (#57,951):

its should've, it sounds like should of. if someone type it like that, then kill them.

Anonymous 578f27c59f89949108e37f695a090a3c replied with this 3 months (2008-09-06 17:01:38 UTC) ago, 22 minutes later (#57,955):

I dont even think I have seen someone say or type that. I should of noticed.

Anonymous ea487454d99566677cb9c2a4948e504e replied with this 3 months (2008-09-06 17:23:06 UTC) ago, 21 minutes later (#57,957):

Previous poster should of proofread his post.

Anonymous 0c9918eaf6f94d4946f4ad822fd096f0 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-06 23:22:50 UTC) ago, 6 hours later (#58,029):

@57,957

That's sarcasm. Apparently this is actually debated…

http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1861.html

Although, I still would prefer a verb over an article.

Anonymous 9f780d3bb5c4af68d8db1a05c668f107 replied with this 3 months (2008-09-07 22:02:18 UTC) ago, 23 hours later (#58,299):

Not that common. Probably a mistake by people that mostly speak English, but don't write that much.

Anonymous 1d7a63a7613b885ab9acca6e2244aca6 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-04 01:30:20 UTC) ago, 4 weeks later (#66,076):

When people say it, they probably actually say "should've", which is correct.

Typing "should of" is incorrect in this context though.

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