Peter wrote:
> What really pisses me of big time at the moment is the number of people using the word 'of' instead of 'have' ie "should of gone' and 'could of done'.
True, but to be fair, when spoken can't 'should've' (should have) be misheard as 'should of'?
However, if they do actually emphasise the 'of' at the end, as I have heard being done, then yes, a gentle but still fairly firm shoeing might be in order.
Comma Apostrophe
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The Last Word
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"Let's do it..."
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Coma > Apostrophe
I just don't get the connection ... nurse can I have a vowel please.
I just don't get the connection ... nurse can I have a vowel please.
PEOPLE think Stephen Hawking is so clever, but when you ask him a question and he is typing in the answer on his little screen, how do we know he isn't just looking up the answer on the Internet?
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mike johnson
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This approach keeps us guessing & having to re-read everything, however.
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Seymour Clearly
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A preposition is something you shouldn't end a sentence with!
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Fuck me into next week, it's like an open university course on English Language in this thread...'.'
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