Thread: I should of known

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

I was accused of being a gramma nazi on facebook the other day.

Which brings me to the title of the post. Am I the only person that gets annoyed when I hear, or see in print, people using "of" instead of "have"?

No, and gramma instead of grammer.

Originally Posted by burraboy

No, and gramma instead of grammer.

Just keeping in the vane, vain, vein of the thread .

of or off

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

of or off

I should off known. That makes no sense at all .

There, their and they're
Your and you're
Ending a sentence with the word 'but'
Using commas for plurals

The list is endless

Not using punctuation.

i instead of I

Originally Posted by burraboy

... gramma instead of grammer.

How dare you taunt us with that? You rotten swine!

Just relax John. I don't actually feel annoyance any more, I just adopt an attitude of supercilious tolerance and only point something out if it causes some potentially serious change of meaning. You should try it.

Eye sit a muse 'd as eye have red such things in numerace places.

I do rather enjoy words though my spelling comes across rather deplorable when I'm using my phone

Originally Posted by labr@

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and only point something out if it causes some potentially serious change of meaning.
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I do not usually let these things get to me, but the wording of the persons post suggested that the object in the photo was no longer available to be photographed. When in actual fact it was.

had he said "I was at ..... " then it wood ave been write

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

"try to" and "try and"

I'm going to try to win the race. (correct)
I'm going to try and win the race. (incorrect - "and" makes the "try" successful by default so both words are superfluous)

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"Me and my mates..."
"My mates and I..."

I've asked around in teaching and literary circles on this one and haven't had a clear answer. I was taught and prefer the latter, but it seems the former is acceptable and correct now.

Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy

"Me and my mates..."
"My mates and I..."

I've asked around in teaching and literary circles on this one and haven't had a clear answer. I was taught and prefer the latter, but it seems the former is acceptable and correct now.

That's an easy one. Straight from the horses mouth so to speak...
"My husband and I would like to wish our loyal subjects......"
Not " Me and my husband....".

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

I should off known. That makes no sense at all .

That makes heaps of cents too me!