RE: The 'have', 'of' mixup...
October 20, 2008 at 12:13 pm
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2008 at 12:19 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(October 19, 2008 at 10:18 pm)solidsquid Wrote: I think it arose out of laziness. Here in south Texas it's been reduced to coulda, woulda, & shoulda. All three brazenly spitting in the face of correct use of the English language. However, this is how language evolves and changes over time. There may come a point in time where could of may replace or be seen as equal to could have in its usage. Just as some popular slang makes it into respected dictionaries such may also be the case with these linguistic anomalies.
I can't say that I'm immune from such abuse of the language either. However, such instances do become a bit worrisome when something is stated or written correctly according to the rules of the language and an entire classroom of students tell you, "that don't sound right. It just sounds weird".
I agree entirely...
I would also say though...that even though where you live in South Texas...people say Coulda/etc etc...the coulda/etc thing is still used a bit in other places like here in the UK....maybe it started in Texas and is spreading over the world!
I dunno where it started...who knows?
lol
As for the 'of' thing...I dunno where the national origins for that is either...
Like I said I do have an idea that ''ve' could have been misheard and repeated as 'of'.....but whatever lol
P.S: There is some apparently incorrect English that I do, knowingly conform to myself, for example, my spelling/grammar correcter corrects when I say, 'atleast' to 'at least' it seperates the two words, which is correct. But for some reason I prefer to reduce 'at least' to one word - 'atleast', as what ever is reduced to whatever - and it doesn't correct that. But I guess thats just deleting a space, not changing the language too much. So arguably thats more acceptable.
P.P.S: I dunno where my spelling/grammar correcter comes from! Well it doesn't really correct it, just a red underline tells me when something is bad spelling etc....
Dunno where its from - maybe it comes free with vista. I have never seen it on a comp with XP.
