Could of should of would of

I thought all three expressions should have (haha) used the word 'have' and not the word 'if'

Would have
Could have
Should have

I didn't read all the comments so apologies if this point has already been mentioned

If it hasn't .... It should HAVE been ?

The man who invented the cliffhanger has died. He.........

The man who invented anagrams has died. May he create a penis.

Just love this post and to know I'm not alone. My nom de plume Grammargran is a bit of a clue! Pet hate? 'Me and my friend .......... are doing so-and-so', 'me and my mum are going away .......... '. In fact, 'me and anything'! Complete change of tack, Daddima do you have Indian grandchildren? I do, and I'm a Nannima!

I trust Crazygrandma made the deliberate mistake to check we were paying attention.

Daddima. I hope you have been into the Newsagents and Cash Machine "shop" and told them about their errors. I find it REALLY annoying when till operators offer me one "pence" change. I have been known to tell them to look at the offending coin and read the "one penny" sign on the back!

I think most of us accept that language evolves and that for some language and even writing is difficult, crazygran, but Pedants' Corner is just that - a place for pedants to gather for a moan and a grumble...

A friend told me a lovely joke about predictive text: "The man who invented predictive text has died, his funfair's next Monkey..."

Whilst being a pedant, who cringes at all the errors mentioned, I also accept that language is continually developing. Think of all the words that are now in the dictionary which didn't even exist when most of us were young. I particularly hate seeing apostrophe's used incorrectly as it it so simple to teach people how to use them properly (ex teacher). However the true aim of language is to communicate. Having taught adults to read and worked with dyslexic students, I would be very careful about correcting written work, as I have no idea how long and what effort may have gone in to producing it. Grammar and spelling are very easy for some people and very hard for others. For some people, just putting pen to paper is a triumph.

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Some crackers from Glasgow, Brighton, and my granddaughter's pyjamas.

The bold stars didn't work. ?

In a cafe or restaurant, it irritates me when people ask the waiter or waitress, "*Can I get...?*" No! You can't get it. The kitchen is off limits to you! The waiter/waitress will get it for you! Waiting staff don't ask what you want to get! They might ask what they can get for you or what you would like.

makes me want to scrreeeeaaammmm.

Ha, bloody Ha, Peaseblossom that'll learn yah!

Has anyone noticed, that some TV presenters are now saying, for example, two hundred forty five, instead of, two hundred AND forty five?

Very American and very annoying.

They need not I need!

I am always correcting people's grammatical and spelling mistakes, but then I get insulted and called the grammar police and told to "get a life". It doesn't stop me, I just tell people I need to go back to school.

I hate the habit of saying 'I went' when they mean 'I said' and in reply to 'How are you?, back comes the reply 'Good' instead of well. I won't get started on punctuation, spelling or pronunciation, such as broadcasters that say sikth instead of sixth and the sound t instead of to.

So right. I wanted to comment on this yesterday, but I held back.

I'm not sure that I can take seeing of used instead of 've, anymore. I want to scream every time I see this in print.

I agree that there is too much poor grammar especially on official notices, in broadcasting, and in books. To those who say it's a sign that language evolves I would say that is ignorance masquerading as progress.
In addition to those already mentioned my current hates are, confusion of incidences/incidents; diffuse/defuse.

Some pet hates:

1. Women are now referred to as 'Guys'[as are men, correctly]

2. The answer to 'How are you?' is now often 'Good'. Hope they are also 'well'!!

Some mistakes are 'typos', especially its and it's. It's easy to overlook that kind of thing when you get used to letting the word bank supply the word for you. Here in the North East, you might as well accept that you'll hear would of, could of and should of and see it written too. One that has always annoyed me is:

Teacher: "Where's Johnny?"
Pupil: "He's went to the toilet, Miss."

It's pointless to react to it up here. You're a lone voice. Correcting people, even in school, is only likely to get you an incredulous look. ?

I quite agree, grammar and poor speaking seem to be the way of things now but it isn't just the young who are guilty, I often look at the newspapers or listen to the TV and it is often just as bad there. What can we do except correct when we can.

I get angry and frustrated at the constant misuse of grammar and the use of of instead of have is particularly annoying - where on earth did this come from ? Another pet hate is saying "in the morning" after am and in the afternoon/evening following pm. Grrrrrr !

And stain glass windows.................and the person who said it was way older than me!

Oops-go so far !