Ritchie did it yesterday, Rylon is always doing it!!

She could "ov" chosen someone else.
I would "ov" voted the same way.
She should "ov" been voted out.

The word you are not using is "have"

She could have chosen someone else.
I would have voted the same way.
She should have been voted out.

It's not much to ask, is it?

Rylon?

If they were Yorkshire they would have said "She could ta chosen. " Its an accent thing.

It's a mispronunciation of "should've", the contraction of "should have". It's led to a disgusting amount of people now saying and writing "should of".

Ov course.

Nice on cavalli

Just wanted to say that this too is a bugbear of mine .

I read somewhere that its being used so often nowadays thats its passing for acceptable grammar .

innit

its "obv" obviously

The word you are not using is "and".


(The comma is superfluous,my dear).

x

I have no problems with anyone using a contraction.

C'rect.

It's not as bad as the "anythink" epidemic. Hear it said more often than the correct way these days and Emma does it all the time.

(with special mention to "somethink", "nothink" and "everythink")

I once pointed this out to a friend who is a quite senior executive at a big insurance company.

He was mortified to learn it should be "have" as he'd been using "I should of...." in business emails since like, forever. He's not an idiot, he just had it wrong.

Its damned annoying though.

People used to say "axe" instead of "ask" a lot. Thank God that went out of fash.

I always used to "and still do at times" call my hand bag my hambag

I think you mean 'have course'.

First lol moment of the day

Totally agree with the original poster, this totally drives me round the twist. You cannot go on any forum without seeing should of, could of, would of etc.

Number. Sorry, I could not resist. I will go and sit in the corner!!! But yes, you are 100% correct about the "ov".

Is Ritchie from Essex?

I had a meeting with a bank manager many many years ago and he continuously said 'should of' throughout the whole meeting. 'You was' was also uttered.

I was after a loan - so I kept my gob shut!

Back on topic - Rylan said 'I've got had a go at' on BOTS the other night.

I wonder if other countries struggle with their own language the same way people from Britain do. I find it embarrassing that people in this country can't even speak properly to be honest.

AnyTHINK
Should OF

I mean come on, is it really that hard to get these 2 right ?

I'm also sick of people shrinking words for the hell of it. Words like crazy, if you think someone is crazy then say they are crazy, why change it to cray-cray ?

It's usually really dumb people that do things like this, the type that think the moon is on the Earth.

What I find totally unbelievable is the words that are now considered compliments.

My friend lives abroad(Middle East) and came home for a visit, I invited her, her hubby and 16 year old son over.

He entered my hall and said...wow this house is absolutely sick!

His mum, one of my childhood friends, said Scarlett...it's a compliment

Mark Lebeck is a very smart guy and a teacher yet he, like many others, can't pronounce "thousand"

The offer is "firty fousand" pounds.

Unless he has a speech impediment it is not acceptable.
There are exercises to overcome this!

Ya no wha I mean.