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RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 7:52 am
by Molly
It's should HAVE people. Not "We should of traded for so and so" but "We should HAVE traded for so and so."

Sister Mary Altar Rail and her catholic grade school grammar education signing off. Carry on :lol:

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 7:55 am
by AWvsCBsteeeerike3
shoulda

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 8:14 am
by jim
I thought this was about something else. Here is what I hear from our SharePoint admins/developers daily:

"That should have worked".
"That should not have done that".
"It should work".

Yeah, it should, and it didn't - as usual. So now what?

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 8:44 am
by slide_into_first
It's because of dumbing down advertising that tells us to "eat mor chikin."

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 8:45 am
by slide_into_first
I'd blame Eudora Welty and Cormac McCarthy, but no one reads anymore.

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 9:09 am
by ghostrunner
I still see "all the sudden." How do people make this mistake?

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 9:57 am
by stlouie_lipp
AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:shoulda
woulda, coulda

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 10:15 am
by jim
He should of gone with Joe and I.

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 1:11 pm
by wart57
jim wrote:He should of gone with Joe and I.
That don't make no sense.

Re: RANT: "Should of"

Posted: April 25 14, 3:31 pm
by Radbird
Molly wrote:It's should HAVE people. Not "We should of traded for so and so" but "We should HAVE traded for so and so."

Sister Mary Altar Rail and her catholic grade school grammar education signing off. Carry on :lol:
You probably have perfect penmanship too.