On grammar minirants

[vilyasage]

"Would Have NOT Would of
The subtlety in pronunciation leads to the rampant misuse of this phrase; however “would of” is never correct and may make you appear as if you are not well-read."

THIS.

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I am an English nerd and I know it and I, too, mess up the finer points of grammar all the time. All the time. But 'of' in place of '

Comments

[arivess]

You know what bothers me even more? When people say "What one?" when they mean "Which one?" x.x It just... graaaaaaaah. At least the "of" for "have" almost kinda makes sense, because they make the mistake because of pronunciation -- "would've". There's no excuse for not differentiating between "what" and "which".

[vilyasage]

But 'would've' is the contraction of would have! And 'of' is a preposition, it doesn't make any sense after 'would'!

[arivess]

I know. I'm saying the "would've" sounds like "of".

[oct0puss]

THIS. SO MUCH. It irritates me to no end. And when people use "me either" when it should be "me neither." And when they use "dependant" when they mean "dependent." ...I have a lot of grammar pet peeves.