Should Have not Should Of !

[cazzer]

It's not should of, it's should have.

Mod's, can we make this a sticky? God it gets on my wick.


edited to correct punctuation mistakes

Edited by cazzer on Friday 13th March 12:08

[funkyol]

cazzer said:

It's not should of, it's should have.

Mod's can we make this a sticky. God it gets on my wick.

Nah it ain't

[hugo a gogo]

lack of commas annoys me

lack of capitals annoys others

[DamoLLb]

When you read 'of' just be the bigger man and substitute it for have. It is after all a forum. Grammar monkeys are making it tough going and interrupting the flow of the thread with the constant moaning.

[kaese]

cazzer said:

It's not should of, it's should have.

Mod's, can we make this a sticky? God it gets on my wick.


edited to correct punctuation mistakes

Edited by cazzer on Friday 13th March 12:08

There shouldn't be an apostrophe in "Mods"

Edited by kaese on Friday 13th March 12:10

[Eric Mc]

DamoLLb said:

When you read 'of' just be the bigger man and substitute it for have. It is after all a forum. Grammar monkeys are making it tough going and interrupting the flow of the thread with the constant moaning.

It's about blooming time people woke up to the fact that we have brought up a nation of illiterates in this country.

They might as well learn their language here on PH as they certainly didn't learn it at school.
An Internet forum is as good a place as any for them to realise their shortcomings.

[cazzer]

Sure? It's an abbreviation.
I suppose it's not a contraction though, so yes, point taken.

And no, I won't substitute Have for Of. That's not bad grammar, that's just wrong.

Edited by cazzer on Friday 13th March 12:18

[Wacky Racer]

Also it's DEFINITELY....not Definately........

[Swilly]

Now we have all the grammar/spelling pedants in the same thread, can someone, for the love of almighty god up on high, please nuke it from orbit.

[kaese]

cazzer said:

Sure? It's an abbreviation.
I suppose it's not a contraction though, so yes, point taken.

And no, I won't substitue Have for Of. That's not bad grammar, that's just wrong.

You've lost me with 'contraction', so I'll just quietly:

Overuse of the word 'like' really fks me off

[SpydieNut]

all i know is this:

you shouldn't have started this crap thread

[kaese]

Swilly said:

Now we have all the grammar/spelling pedants in the same thread, can someone, for the love of almighty god up on high, please nuke it from orbit.

You missed out the question mark

[pinchmeimdreamin]

SpydieNut said:

all i know is this:

you shouldn't have started this crap thread

Yes he should of

[BigLepton]

Till is my new pet hate.

It's not "wait till your father gets home", it's "wait 'til your father gets home".

A Till is a cash register, 'til is an abbreviation of until.

That is all.

[cazzer]

I'm not complaining about grammar or spelling (I suck at spelling).
I'm complaining about using a word which means nothing like the word they think they're using.

"Should of" is just not english. It isn't bad grammar, it's just wrong.

Pressurized instead of Pressured is another one. (Just to add fuel to the fire)

[4hero]

You forgot "Would of"

[Matt172]

you should ask on website feedback for a spelling/grammer/punctuation forum, keep all the pedants together in one room

[Eric Mc]

"Pressurise" is correct in some contexts - as in "they tried to pressurise the Shuttle's External Tank the other day but failed miserably".

[Mello]

Swilly said:

Now we have all the grammar/spelling pedants in the same thread, can someone, for the love of almighty god up on high, please nuke it from orbit.

Shouldn't God have a capital G?

:helmet on... deep philosophical question alert:

Edited by Mello on Friday 13th March 12:27

[cazzer]

Eric Mc said:

"Pressurise" is correct in some contexts - as in "they tried to pressurise the Shuttle's External Tank the other day but failed miserably".

Exactly. But people use it for.... "I'm feeling pressurised into this......"