There is STILL no such phrase/words as "should of, could of, would of"

Their they're, OP. Calm down. Your going to loose you're mind.

"I could care less!"

I should have viciously face slapped OP, I certainly could have viciously face slapped OP and I would have viciously face slapped OP if he/she was here with me.

You really got your point acrost.

Yeah, and there is no "i" after the "n"in aluminum but that doesn't stop Brits from pronouncing it "al u min i um." Language is very idiosyncratic in the real world OP. Not everyone is as perfect as we here at the DL.

Isn't it: "could have, should have, would have" in that order?

Either way, I have never heard anyone say this in real life.

Deep-seeded habits are hard to break. Loose the attitude, OP.

If you're gonna whine about something, OP, get it right . . . . .

COULD-A, WOULD-A, SHOULD-A !

Watch choo talkin bout, OP?

You really axskin for it.

I'vd done forgot what I was going to say.

You people are harsh. It's a doggie dog world for sure!

It blows my mind how people don't realize that what they are hearing is "should've". As in, "should have". Writing "should of" is right up there with "supposably" as far as pet peeves.

Suffice to say, I have a deep-seeded desire to give people who say "should of" there just desserts.

You can't teach an old dog to fetch new sticks.

Who could and should have wood?

Never mind.

Alot of people spell that way. Their's nothing wrong with it.

For all intensive purposes, this thread is close.

This gets me so flustrated.....well, kindly flustrated.

"Should've" is a perfectly acceptable contraction, but I've had several spellcheckers flag it. Maybe it's preferable to use it only in speaking, but not in writing.

For all intensive purposes, could have and could of are the same.

My car failed the emissions inspection. My mechanic says I have to get a new Cadillac converter.

Oh FANK you OP for being such a tension whore!

There is STILL no such words?

Really, OP?

OP is definately in the wrong website jandra if spelling is his fortay.

Get over it, OP.

I wouldn’t step foot in OP’s house. He’s probably bunkered down in their.

That must’ve been OP’s brain that washed up in Michigan.

R25 is the 2015 bump troll.

I’ve never seen anyone write “should of” but if they say it, it’s a legitimate contraction of should have: should’ve It’s in the dictionary OP.

OP, the use of "should of," "could of," and "would of" bothers me, too, but I'm afraid it's too late to nip the problem in the butt.

You couldn’t be more wrong, R29. You’re part of the problem in not understanding that.

WTF? It's "Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda".

I taught at various community and four-year colleges for about six years, and now I work for admissions (reading essays) at a large public university, and I can tell you point blank what the problem is: these generations (anyone under 40) don't read. And because they don't read, they can't write. And even if they do read, their reading material is not up to snuff. For example, I read at least one misspelled word in the online WAPO every single day -- and I only read the first page!

I remember a student who wrote "It's a doggie dog world" in a paper, and I called him aside after class. I asked him, "What does that mean? Does that even make any sense to you?" He said, "Well, I thought, like, Snoop Doggy Dog." When I explained "it's a dog-eat-dog world" to him, he did admit that my suggestion made much more sense.

But the problem is that they NEVER see these words in print -- and that's why they spell them phonetically.

OP is LITERALLY losing his mind over this.

It’s a contraction, moron.

Should’ve

Could’ve

I concur, R33. I read admissions essays for a living, and I am astounded by the grammatical and spelling errors (like all of these above) and the inability of the writer to answer the essay question. 500 words and they go off on tangents which make no sense, have no relation to each other, and they sum up with a concluding statement which can turn their previous thoughts upside down.

I read a sentence of 108 words yesterday which had no punctuation, a few misspellings and changes in tense. The writer substituted "U" for "you" and "2moro" for "tomorrow". This is a university which accepts about 30% of its applicants. One of the rules of thumb: If we don't want our professors to have to deal with these kids for four years, we don't accept them.