Mine isn't always the best but I do try

The second one

When people are speaking and sound like they are saying 'should of' they are actually saying 'should've' which is correct, unfortunately some people don't realise this and write 'of' when they mean 'have'.

HTH.

As Cariad says....'of' is NOT a verb.

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Originally posted by queenshaks:
As Cariad says....'of' is NOT a verb.

Oh yes..that`s his sig.

Of is a preposition not a verb..

number 2

can i add people who confuse 'there' with 'their'

You know what prompted me to do this poll was a Facebook group that was called...

'Homework should never of been invented'

Now, had that person spent more time studying and perhaps doing homework or any work for that matter then maybe they'd have got their grammar correct.

It made me giggle and I had to stop myself from joining the group to point this grammatical error out but I refrained

oh and also people who put an apostrophe in plurals:

"frozen pea's £1.99"

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Originally posted by Scotty:

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Originally posted by queenshaks:
As Cariad says....'of' is NOT a verb.

Oh yes..that`s his sig.

Her sig!

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:
number 2

can i add people who confuse 'there' with 'their'

Oooh don't get me started

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:
oh and also people who put an apostrophe in plurals:

"frozen pea's £1.99"

Lol, I once saw:

Mar's bar's

My dad is a grammar nazi and he's now turned me into one lol

He still corrects me from time to time with the whole 'who' and 'whom' thing

Glad no one has put 'of' yet

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Originally posted by Liverpoollass:

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:
number 2

can i add people who confuse 'there' with 'their'

Oooh don't get me started

Homophone

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Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:
oh and also people who put an apostrophe in plurals:

"frozen pea's £1.99"

Lol, I once saw:

Mar's bar's

You are kidding me right? That's just hysterical!

It's actually, "should 'ave."

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
It's actually, "should 'ave."

Cor blimey Guv'nor you aint arf a toff an no mistakin' ya

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:
number 2

can i add people who confuse 'there' with 'their'

or even they're..

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Originally posted by Lazybug:
My dad is a grammar nazi and he's now turned me into one lol

He still corrects me from time to time with the whole 'who' and 'whom' thing

Glad no one has put 'of' yet

Grammar is very important, well I think so. Not enough importance is attached to it nowadays

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Originally posted by Liverpoollass:

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Originally posted by Lazybug:
My dad is a grammar nazi and he's now turned me into one lol

He still corrects me from time to time with the whole 'who' and 'whom' thing

Glad no one has put 'of' yet

Grammar is very important, well I think so. Not enough importance is attached to it nowadays

You forgot to put a full stop after your sentence and before your smiley.

Is it apostrophes or apostrophe's? They confuse me

How do we all feel about capitals at the start of sentences?

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Originally posted by Cagney:
How do we all feel about capitals at the start of sentences?

often can't be arsed to press shift

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Originally posted by queenshaks:

You forgot to put a full stop after your sentence and before your smiley.

Capitals at the start of sentences is very important.

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Cagney:
How do we all feel about capitals at the start of sentences?

often can't be arsed to press shift

For some reason that used to really bug me when I first joined forums. I'm sure I did it myself too though. Double standards and all that

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Originally posted by queenshaks:

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Originally posted by Scotty:

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Originally posted by queenshaks:
As Cariad says....'of' is NOT a verb.

Oh yes..that`s his sig.

Her sig!

Ooops!

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Originally posted by Cagney:
How do we all feel about capitals at the start of sentences?

people who don't use capitals are just unhinged and shouldn't be allowed online

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Originally posted by Cagney:
How do we all feel about capitals at the start of sentences?

i think they look better at the enD.

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:

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Originally posted by Cagney:
How do we all feel about capitals at the start of sentences?

people who don't use capitals are just unhinged and shouldn't be allowed online

I've always said that

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Originally posted by queenshaks:

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Originally posted by Liverpoollass:

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Originally posted by Lazybug:
My dad is a grammar nazi and he's now turned me into one lol

He still corrects me from time to time with the whole 'who' and 'whom' thing

Glad no one has put 'of' yet

Grammar is very important, well I think so. Not enough importance is attached to it nowadays

You forgot to put a full stop after your sentence and before your smiley.

My sad face smilie was my big full stop so ner, ner, ner!

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Originally posted by Cagney:
For some reason that used to really bug me when I first joined forums. I'm sure I did it myself too though. Double standards and all that

I'm quite laissez faire about sheer laziness on the forum as I'm bone idle myself most of the time. But only if someone has demonstrated at least once that they know how to 'do it' but are, as I said, just being slovenly. If you can't let your grammatical hair down on a BB forum where can you huh.

Using 'of' as a verb, 'their' instead of 'there' etc. that is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Cagney:
How do we all feel about capitals at the start of sentences?

often can't be arsed to press shift

Sometimes I think I have pressed shift and haven't done it properly so the capital isn't there and when you're on a fast reply thread like BGT I just can't be arsed to go and change it.

Non capitals don't half but me as much as grammar though

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Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:
When people are speaking and sound like they are saying 'should of' they are actually saying 'should've' which is correct, unfortunately some people don't realise this and write 'of' when they mean 'have'.

HTH.

I've even noticed TV Presenters saying 'of' instead of 'have'!! You'd think they'd know better and have a more decent grasp of the English language really.

*let's grimatacal hare, down*

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:
number 2

can i add people who confuse 'there' with 'their'

or even they're..

..... also folk who can't identify when it should be 'your' or 'you're'!!

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Originally posted by HyacinthB:

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Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:
When people are speaking and sound like they are saying 'should of' they are actually saying 'should've' which is correct, unfortunately some people don't realise this and write 'of' when they mean 'have'.

HTH.

I've even noticed TV Presenters saying 'of' instead of 'have'!! You'd think they'd know better and have a more decent grasp of the English language really.

They are bein 'down wiv da kids' probably The language is being butchered, i know it has to develop but the purpose of a shared language is so that we understand each other & I just think, with 'txt spk' etc we are becoming more and more divided by a shared language.

/rant.

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Originally posted by Lazybug:

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Originally posted by Raggy♥Doll:

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Originally posted by vodka jellyfish:
oh and also people who put an apostrophe in plurals:

"frozen pea's £1.99"

Lol, I once saw:

Mar's bar's

You are kidding me right? That's just hysterical!

No, honest! In the shop next door to the school I taught English at. I gave it up soon after

forums are the only place i don't use capital letters. never have, no idea why i think it stems from having to post at top speed on C4 to get my point across before the thread dropped off the page i use capitals on facebook, in emails etc.

however, i would like to point out that, despite a lack of capitals, my punctuation, grammar and post content are exemplary.

There's also would've not would of.

I just tested my 9yr old, asking which one would you use. He said would have as would of is wrong.

I bet he still uses it incorrectly in school though!