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Grammar check !
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:26 pm
by Stiltzkin
Does anybody know if there's any reason to why people
write "would/could/should of" instead of "would/could/should have" ?
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:40 pm
by Alex
xx123456
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:25 pm
by Paul Wolfe
I'd say it reverts to the conjunctions should've, could've and would've - which come from should have, could have and would have. These are not necessarily 'proper' use of the English language, but that'd be me explanation to this here conundrum.
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:24 am
by Tito
hey paul good to see you posting again man!!!hope your doing well dude!!!!!
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:30 pm
by Paul Wolfe
Tito, thanks for the warm welcome... all is well here.
I'd like to correct my earlier post - the proper word is 'contraction' not 'conjunction' - don't know what I was thinking.
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:35 pm
by Alex
xx123456
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:15 pm
by Paul Wolfe
Thanks Alex
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:38 pm
by blues_n_cues
the ones that bug me are the uses of-
they're,there,& their
or..
to,too,two.
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:53 pm
by stress2stress2
Nuclear vs nucular always makes me giggle. It's scary how many important, powerful, and supposedly educated people do that.
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:49 pm
by Stiltzkin
you know what's funny? even people with english as their mothertongue does this.
are they not aware?
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:39 am
by oth
The following are nonsensical yet are used a lot by media:
1-IRREGARDLESS
2-NEAR-MISS
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:41 am
by Stiltzkin
oth wrote:The following are nonsensical yet are used a lot by media:
1-IRREGARDLESS
2-NEAR-MISS
what's the correct term then ?
you know, it's only at TK and here I've seen this happening
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:48 am
by Paul Wolfe
suposably instead of supposedly bugs the crap out of me!
Of course people speaking in text is insane to, I mean saying, "WTF" or "IDK" istead of saying the words? In a text it's one thing, but when you are actually talking?
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:00 am
by Stiltzkin
Paul Wolfe wrote:Of course people speaking in text is insane to, I mean saying, "WTF" or "IDK" istead of saying the words? In a text it's one thing, but when you are actually talking?
ouch, that's a bit overkill
Re: Grammar check !
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:37 pm
by rice_pudding
Stiltzkin wrote:Paul Wolfe wrote:Of course people speaking in text is insane to, I mean saying, "WTF" or "IDK" istead of saying the words? In a text it's one thing, but when you are actually talking?
ouch, that's a bit overkill
I do know a couple of people who say 'LOL' and 'ROFL'
Rob