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Originally Posted by clintjm
Sorry folks. I should not have replied in the first place.
Should of read the sign not to feed it.
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Yet another mistake. So much for the other 380 posts that I haven't (and will not) read.
Since you are apologizing to god knows who( I mention god because I'm a Protestant) for replying to my 12th post, your first line should have been connected by a coma (,) and not a period (.).
And when you said "should of", I think you meant to say, should have.
This is one of those errors typically made by a person more familiar with the spoken than the written form of English. A sentence like “I would have gone if anyone had given me free tickets” is normally spoken in a slurred way so that the two words “would have” are not distinctly separated, but blended together into what is properly rendered “would’ve.” Seeing that “V” tips you off right away that “would’ve” is a contraction of “would have.” But many people hear “would of” and that’s how they write it. Wrong.
Note that “must of” is similarly an error for “must have.”
Well Clint, I'm not here to start an inflammatory conversation. I'll actually be near Stateline, Nevada this July, maybe we should get together, share a drink, and talk like adults.
