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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 23, 2016 14:28:03 GMT -5
While I'm a bit of a stickler for good grammar and spelling, I'm never bothered whenever someone misuses most facets of the English language...except for this instance.
Why is it that more people are misusing "could have" on an increasingly frequent level these days? Everywhere I look, it seems that "could of" appears somewhere on the page I'm reading.
Does this phrase make anyone else's skin crawl?
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ibdude
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Post by ibdude on Aug 23, 2016 15:51:06 GMT -5
Because people either didn't pay attention in school, or they don't give a shit.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Aug 23, 2016 16:02:44 GMT -5
The contraction for could have, "could've" sounds like "could of".
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 23, 2016 16:19:49 GMT -5
The contraction for could have, "could've" sounds like "could of". But knowing how to spell it is one of those very basic things they teach you in second or third grade. The fact that SO MANY people misuse this phrase is alarming. And many are adults! |
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Post by eDemento2099 on Aug 23, 2016 16:58:17 GMT -5
The contraction for could have, "could've" sounds like "could of". But knowing how to spell it is one of those very basic things they teach you in second or third grade. The fact that SO MANY people misuse this phrase is alarming. And many are adults! Can you afford to pay them to be mindful of the English language?!? I DON'T KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! Anyway, I suspect the majority of those who write "could of" are attempting to transcribe what they hear in movies and everyday conversations, not what they have read in professionally published works. If someone has a habit of reading professionally published works but writes "could of" instead of "could have," I suspect that person does not focus on grammar and spelling when reading, choosing instead to focus on the gist of the work. Some people couldn't care less about seeing the trees in the forest; they think its a waste of time to do anything but aspire to see the forest irrespective of the trees that comprise it. |
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Post by Big Poppa Pumpkin on Aug 23, 2016 16:59:30 GMT -5
their dumb
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 23, 2016 17:00:31 GMT -5
But knowing how to spell it is one of those very basic things they teach you in second or third grade. The fact that SO MANY people misuse this phrase is alarming. And many are adults! Can you afford to pay them to be mindful of the English language?!? I DON'T KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! What kind of desplip...despicable person constantly butchers the English language? |
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Post by agent817 on Aug 23, 2016 17:24:07 GMT -5
I saw what you did there. |
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Post by BigBadZ on Aug 23, 2016 17:32:31 GMT -5
Because people either didn't pay attention in school, or they could care less |
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 23, 2016 17:39:44 GMT -5
Because people either didn't pay attention in school, or they could care less LOL...you managed to pinpoint my second-biggest pet peeve in the English language right there. |
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Aug 23, 2016 17:57:44 GMT -5
I f'n HATE 'could of'. Seriously irritates me. Now, granted, I use 'coulda' from time to time, but I use that because that's how I actually say it. I don't say 'She COULD HAVE been teabagged, but she was a bitch.' I say 'She COULDA been teabagged, but she was a bitch.'
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 23, 2016 18:07:48 GMT -5
"Coulda" is different. It's more shorthand. "Could of" is blatant dismembering of the English language
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Aug 23, 2016 18:25:56 GMT -5
I'm pretty accurate with "could have", but I frequently say "could care less" as opposed to "couldn't".
Either way, there are bigger things in the world to bang my head on the desk for.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Aug 23, 2016 18:27:11 GMT -5
"Could care less" drives me up the wall. It means the exact opposite of what the person is using it to mean.
While we're here, one that also bothered me mainly due to somebody I knew who said it, was "route/rout" instead of "root"- as in "I'm routing/routeing for this guy"- it either means you're running away for them, or is just plain bad English and sounds more like you're charting a map. The worst thing is the guy did freaking writing for a living.
Oh and another one- Pacific instead of specific. I'm sorry I don't understand could you be more like an ocean?
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Post by Unaffiliated on Aug 23, 2016 18:40:37 GMT -5
"Could of", "Could care less", "their/there/they're"...
What irks me more than these mistakes being made is the "languages evolve" argument that is used to justify these mistakes as acceptable. Then again, that is possibly how a lot of our currently accepted words were developed; so perhaps they have a point.
On a related note, I only recently found out that in America "aluminum" is spelled the way it is pronounced. I always thought it's funny how they pronounce it as if the second "i" isn't there; then one day I realized "hold on, that second "i" really isn't there".
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Post by Push R Truth on Aug 23, 2016 18:57:33 GMT -5
i aint seen no problem hear
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Aug 23, 2016 19:06:06 GMT -5
The whole "its versus it's" thing is probably more infuriating because it's a straight up case of hypercorrection. It's people actually going out of their way to get it wrong.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Aug 23, 2016 19:35:38 GMT -5
"Could of" literally makes my brain explode! Yeah, literally.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Aug 23, 2016 19:39:58 GMT -5
"Could of" literally makes my brain explode! Yeah, literally. Mine too. These people need to be slapped in the teeth |
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Post by edgestar on Aug 23, 2016 21:46:57 GMT -5
What your doing here, I seen it.
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