Page 1 of Is "of" the new "have" ?

I know this may seem a bit pedantic but I have noticed more and more lately on forums and text messages I have received that people are substituting the word "have" for the word "of". For example instead of writing "I should have" people are writing "I should of".

When did this start happening and has anyone else noticed :/



The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

I would assume that it is a case of hearing `would`ve`
and thinking you heard `would of`

i hope i never write it!

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Well in general many people (through the generations) seem to be regressing in terms of their English speaking and writing. God knows how people will be communicating in 100 years or so.

It irritates me when people write messages, and maybe miss out just one letter here and there from words. How long does it take to write one extra letter?

The best way to find out how stupid people have become, is to sign into Facebook and read the most recent messages. I find myself having to decipher what people are saying half the time, its f***ing appalling. Here`s an example of one I`ve just copied and pasted from my own login: "all those that were comin 2mo nyt its bin cancelled.............will re-arrange n let u all no"

nyt? n? no? Give me strength.

Yep, it`s just poor grammar. I have to bite my tongue as I always want to respond - rudely!

I swear the vast majority of my friends have no understanding of where and when to use apostrophes and what abbreviated words stand for in full. Where were they when their school taught them these basic language skills? :o

Global bastardisation of the English (Queens) language

I delete people from my facebook when they post messages like that.
It irritates the s*** outta me.

But it`s all a very good way of sorting out the wheat from the chav... (see what I did there)

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Kebabhead - you need an apostrophe in there. :)

Sorry, I just had to say something. ;)

"Queens English" implies a dialect native to a district of New York. :D

Very good alfie, very good. :)

Oh and miikey, I agree. I think I might start trimming off some of the fat from my own Facebook profile. I`ve only got a couple of hundred `friends`, but I`ve hardly spoken to 90% over the last 10 years.