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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think there are actually people who don't know the difference between have and of. Also the difference between of and off and also the difference between what and that.
I used to teach these people and as far as I'm aware most left school before I could confidently say they had taken on board appropriate grammar useage. No wot I mean?
I used to teach these people and as far as I'm aware most left school before I could confidently say they had taken on board appropriate grammar useage. No wot I mean?
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i remember when i was in primary school and one day the class came in from a break and my teacher wrote on the board 'i would of liked it if you came in and sat down quietly.' then she asked us all to look at it and say what we thought was wrong with the sentence. no one guessed the right answer - that the 'of' should have been 'have'. but i will always remember because of that lesson!
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I have had terrible trouble convincing my children that "should of" is incorrect and makes them sound ignorant. "Of" is not a verb. I think I have finally got through to them now, though.
We had a young degree student at work, son of a GP, and he thought "should of" was correct grammar!
I even had an official letter from the Tax Office that included "should of".
We had a young degree student at work, son of a GP, and he thought "should of" was correct grammar!
I even had an official letter from the Tax Office that included "should of".
The 2 are easily confused. "Should've" and "Should Of" sound exactly alike and for people who spend more time hearing words than reading them it's an easy mistake to make.
It is a pet hate of mine and it does my head in but I'd lay off people making the mistake. You sound like a right boring grammar snob.
It is a pet hate of mine and it does my head in but I'd lay off people making the mistake. You sound like a right boring grammar snob.
It's because they hear the abbreviation 'should've' and hear "of" and not "'ve". They've probably never read or written it.
The same goes for brought and bought. I have a friend that says "I brought a chocolate bar", referring to the purchase and not the fact he took it with him.
Nothing annoys me more than 'H' pronounced 'haych' and not 'aych'. It's just incorrect. And so many people do it!
On a finer note, "James' car" implies there is more than one James. Its "James's", or even "Boss's", but too few people care about excercising good grammar.
The same goes for brought and bought. I have a friend that says "I brought a chocolate bar", referring to the purchase and not the fact he took it with him.
Nothing annoys me more than 'H' pronounced 'haych' and not 'aych'. It's just incorrect. And so many people do it!
On a finer note, "James' car" implies there is more than one James. Its "James's", or even "Boss's", but too few people care about excercising good grammar.