Okay, I decided to post a quick note to this dormant blog about a pet peeve I have that today boiled over into active frustration. For some reason, today I saw THREE separate instances of people using "of" instead of "have." It drives me NUTS even though I realize how irrational the reaction is.
I am guessing that it is because of the SOUND of the word, people have written things like "I must of learned something in class," or "You should of come over yesterday," or "You must of stayed out late last night."
What is the deal here? Surely when you write it you realize how stupid it looks and sounds? If you can't figure out when to use "have," just go ahead and use a contraction like "must've" or "should've" even though I'm not a huge fan of that usage.
Phew! That feels better ...
And while we're at it, people PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ...
This post cannot peek your interest, but it certainly can pique your interest.
2 comments:
Sum people jest donut no how to use there spill checker.
Here's a "cut-n-paste" of one guy's post in an online venue after the Vikings win last night:
"Whatever you have to say to feel better about your anger. The game was really never close. 30-14? Really? That's really what the final score would of been if we had a coach. We should of ran the ball 1 more time instead of throwing it ob to Berrian on the deep route. They had no timeouts. We would of burned up another minute. That play call was stupid!"
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