Anyone else know about the following?:
Some people say 'could of' 'should of' 'would of' etc...when it should be 'could have' 'should have' 'would have'...weird huh? Its something thats developed over the years I think...or has it been going ages?
My guess is it probably started something like this: Because people short could/should/would have to could've/should've/would've...etc...the ''ve' bit is pronounced slightly like 'of'...and through sort of 'chinese whispers' of people with slightly different - or entirely different - accents...somehow ''ve' became 'of'... so people often type it like could of, should of, would of, etc....
Is this just nonsense? I've heard about this and observed it....
Finally, I've also heard this could 'of' etc etc thing has became the norm in some parts of the world....so in some places it is treated as correct english and even defended against could 'have' etc etc etc.
Trivial...but I find it interesting anyhow...
Like QI says: "Whatever is interesting we are interested in. Whatever is not interesting, we are even more interested in. Everything is interesting if looked at in the right way."
QI website:http://www.qi.com/
Some people say 'could of' 'should of' 'would of' etc...when it should be 'could have' 'should have' 'would have'...weird huh? Its something thats developed over the years I think...or has it been going ages?
My guess is it probably started something like this: Because people short could/should/would have to could've/should've/would've...etc...the ''ve' bit is pronounced slightly like 'of'...and through sort of 'chinese whispers' of people with slightly different - or entirely different - accents...somehow ''ve' became 'of'... so people often type it like could of, should of, would of, etc....
Is this just nonsense? I've heard about this and observed it....
Finally, I've also heard this could 'of' etc etc thing has became the norm in some parts of the world....so in some places it is treated as correct english and even defended against could 'have' etc etc etc.
Trivial...but I find it interesting anyhow...
Like QI says: "Whatever is interesting we are interested in. Whatever is not interesting, we are even more interested in. Everything is interesting if looked at in the right way."
QI website:http://www.qi.com/
