General_Effort@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoI know just the audience for thislemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1imageI know just the audience for thislemmy.worldGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareJinni@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoHow dare you correct my high in the morning ass! That being said, I made the edit. I bet it made the comment better.
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMy sincerest apologies for killing a delectable morning buzz, but my eye twitches due to my slight 'tism when I see the “should/could of” error. It’s not you. It’s me.
minus-squarerimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI wonder if this is a mistake only native speakers do, because I (as non native speaker) don’t understand why anyone would mistake “of” for “have”.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt’s because when it’s said aloud, many of us just truncate the “have” ('ve) and it sounds like “of”. Then we go to type it and often type what we think it sounds like…
How dare you correct my high in the morning ass!
That being said, I made the edit. I bet it made the comment better.
My sincerest apologies for killing a delectable morning buzz, but my eye twitches due to my slight 'tism when I see the “should/could of” error.
It’s not you. It’s me.
I wonder if this is a mistake only native speakers do, because I (as non native speaker) don’t understand why anyone would mistake “of” for “have”.
It’s because when it’s said aloud, many of us just truncate the “have” ('ve) and it sounds like “of”. Then we go to type it and often type what we think it sounds like…