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Originally Posted by Guinness
I'm fine with spelling errors, people not using capitals for proper nouns, grammatical screw ups, slang, local idioms etc.. but what really winds me up is the use of the word OF instead of the word HAVE
There's a thread in general at the moment...
Should OF gone to Specsavers....*mutters profanity under his breath*
I can readily accept 'hav', 'av', or 'ave'....but not 'OF'!! *more profanity*
Is it just me? Am I finally joining the 'grumpy old pedant' brigade?
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Have you been talking to Susie? This is her main bug ... Maybe you are just filling in for her while she is taking a vacation
A lot of this kind of stuff happens when you have a Latin style grammar imposed on a Germanic language ... I could go on for hours about the moribund subjunctive ... but I'll spare youse guys the agony
But I agree; "shoulda went to Specsavers" would of been better.