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CAN PEOPLE STOP SAYING SHOULD OF ITS SHOULD’VE- SHOULD HAVE

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Anonymous 1d

Like if it’s verbally it’s fine, could be a dialect thing, but written it bothers me too

Anonymous 1d

You should’ve never post this weak ass take

Anonymous 1d

typing, i agree. but when you say "should've" aloud, it sounds an awful lot like "should of"

Anonymous 1d

Shoulda coulda woulda

Anonymous 1d

ugh yes i completely agree with this, i hate bad grammar

Anonymous 1d

How about you shut the fuck up

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Anonymous 1d

You should’ve mentioned this sooner

Anonymous 23h

my pet peeve is “could care less”. IF YOU COULD CARE LESS, YOU DO CARE. YOU COULD NOT CARE LESS. COULDNT.

Anonymous 1d

This is how I feel about “are” and “our”

Anonymous 1d

I “could care less” about this (lol that’s my pet peeve)

Anonymous 1h

Like people saying let’s do a cheers. Cringe. You’re doing a toast. You say Cheers when you’re doing a toast.

Anonymous 1d

I should of not read this 😆

Anonymous 1d

Saying that something sounds wrong verbally and that we should all use the same pronunciation is elitist. People pronounce things differently depending on the region, dialect, their accent, etc. -sincerely, an English literature major

Anonymous 1d

if it’s verbal i bet you they are saying “should’ve” not “should of”

Anonymous 1d

And stop saying 'more risky', 'most friendly' it's riskier, friendliest

Anonymous 1d

IT’S* not ITS 😁

Anonymous 19h

Kim there are people dying.

Anonymous 8h

agreed

Anonymous 1d

Wdym why it’s a valid contraction

Anonymous 1d

I’m a masters graduate student who has to teach one class of English Composition 1 every semester and when I say the amount of times I’ve had to correct things like this (“should of” instead of “should’ve”) is insane, I mean it 🥲❤️‍🩹

Anonymous 23h

I’m uncertain now which one I’ve been saying

Anonymous 16h

Who is saying should of

Anonymous 10h

well then how the fuck do you pronounce should’ve? because i’ve been pronouncing it like should of, it’s so hard to say shuldv. it works with “i’ve” but not with “should’ve” and “would’ve”

Anonymous 20h

Engrish herd

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Anonymous 22h

I say should of like I say gonna. Neither are grammatically correct but I’m lucky if I don’t fumble my sentence

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Anonymous 22h

Should of would of could of

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Anonymous 1d

Should of could of would of never thought to do that 🙃

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Anonymous 23h

Eh, language changes with use. If you fight every change in grammar you’re fighting a losing battle

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Anonymous 1d

You shouldn’t of bothered saying anything here

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Anonymous 1d

bro does NOT know about aave

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Anonymous 1d

It’s not a big deal babes

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Anonymous 1d

America is trying to keep making these kids stupid!!! Like this grammar shit u learn in elementary!!! One interesting theory I heard was that they stopped teaching cursive so the future won’t be able to read the constitution

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Anonymous

#2 1d

Maybe you’re just an idiot

Anonymous

#6 1d

I can’t lie that’s a stupid ass theory

Anonymous

#1 1d

It’s not fine verbally lol. It still sounds stupid

Anonymous

#6 1d

Lol the constitution is in plain text literally everywhere. No way you actually believe that

Anonymous

#6 1d

Cursive is literally print with some extra curves horrible theory

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Anonymous 1d

i said something similar because what do you mean the creator definitely doesnt know what aave is

Anonymous

#4 1d

should of isn't a valid contraction

Anonymous

#8 1d

Should ‘ofnt 💀

Anonymous

#14 1d

Well yeah but the post says should’ve

Anonymous

#11 1d

It’s not that, it’s that typing “should of” literally makes zero sense.

Anonymous

OP 1d

you brought saying it too

Anonymous

#17 1d

Obviously talking about typing here, smart one. Typing “should of” makes no sense

Anonymous 1d

clit

Anonymous

#18 1d

Professionally speaking, it is. You don’t want to make simple mistakes like that when communicating with a customer or your boss/coach/etc. It’s simple to make the mistake bc that’s how it *sounds* but, professionally, no. Even in communication with your professor/instructor

Anonymous

#21 1d

And it's 'different from', not 'different than'/'different to'

Anonymous

#21 1d

(unless it's in a sentence like 'it's more risky than safe')

Anonymous

OP 1d

In a reply, you said it sounds stupid verbally as well. In typing, I agree that you should use proper grammar. But bashing the way someone pronounces it verbally is still wrong

Anonymous

#11 1d

Aave doesn’t account for typing “should of” when meaning “should have”

Anonymous

#17 1d

Because it is stupid verbally

Anonymous

#22 1d

That too. And don’t get me started on grown people not knowing which version of you’re and your to use.

Anonymous

OP 1d

verbally yes

Anonymous

#6 1d

You had me in the first half… but the constitution part?? Nah gtfo with that crap 😭

Anonymous

#23 1d

Yeah that part genuinely has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard

Anonymous

OP 22h

It sounds very similar to the contraction that’s the only reason

Anonymous

#11 20h

i think it’s a mistake to call this aave

Anonymous

#31 20h

to my knowledge and what i have been exposed to in my lifetime this is in fact common in aave as well as less developed areas of the country (let’s say this is currently in the usa). these two do NOT always interfere with one another but cultural backgrounds influence a person speech as much as education.

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Anonymous

#29 20h

this is not the same. you are saying should’ve, not should of. should of is not anything in english, but gonna is an actual contraction of “going to” like should’ve is “should have”

Anonymous 20h

why are we advocating for a decline in literacy

Anonymous

#31 20h

this attitude of feeling like no one should ever correct you is literally causing people to be dumber. why is the first reaction to being corrected “you’re policing people”? is it wrong for me to want my constituents to be well educated? is it wrong to fill in peoples’ gaps in knowledge? as for the tone of the post, it’s people who LOUDLY don’t care about being wrong who are an issue, because they refuse to learn or grow and then they spread their own mistakes to learning children online

Anonymous

#31 20h

I hear you and agree but Let them rot and just go hang out with people who care about having respectable communication skills

Anonymous

#27 20h

Somewhere else

Anonymous

#11 19h

how does one differentiate a common mistake made by many but not all people in one region from actual aave? i promise i am actually trying to understand, i just truly feel like this is a result of an educational situation rather than cultivated language

Anonymous

#34 19h

the people dying wouldn’t want you to use them as an excuse for your intentional obtuseness

Anonymous

#31 19h

Everybody has seen good will hunting these days

Anonymous

#33 19h

Lel

Anonymous

#31 19h

well from what i am seeing, op is using dog whistles to speak about something that can be caused BY cultural exposure or poorly funded education and that comes from a place of privilege. there are better ways to word this post.

Anonymous

#34 19h

Who is Kim

Anonymous

#27 19h

Mr. Kim? The greatest math teacher in the entire 8th grade. God read a book

Anonymous

#33 19h

Wow the racist downvote audacity. What in the Azerbaifuck ya think you’re doin coward??

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Anonymous

#27 19h

it’s a reference to kim kardashian losing a diamond earring in the ocean and crying about it

Anonymous

#34 18h

Damn, tough crowd huh

Anonymous

#34 18h

Yk what, A for effort

Anonymous

#11 18h

Where tf did they use dog whistles? 💀

Anonymous

#17 18h

Saying that something is grammatically incorrect is not elitist 😭

Anonymous

#35 18h

If they’re saying “should of” that is incorrect

Anonymous

#33 17h

Hey thank you, appreciate that

Anonymous

#33 16h

Crinve

Anonymous

#29 16h

You just gotta be right huh

Anonymous

#28 16h

It’s not a change…some people can’t read… wake up

Anonymous

#26 16h

Either is fine I think. Someone saying “I can go lower” or “I can’t go any lower” they are both negative/dismissive connotation

Anonymous

#24 16h

Only in the south do they do that. I remember being in first grade and noticing the teacher teaching us weird and I asked about it, our and are, and she took a sec to actually say it right wtf lady

Anonymous

#21 16h

This is like a dialectic thing. Too friendly, miss friendly and friendlier, mister picky choosy, acting risky, acting scary, in a court room yea say it right, with the bruhs do whatever

Anonymous

#2 14h

How about you learn proper grammar.

Anonymous

#11 11h

which dog whistles? this seems like a crashout i’ve seen before about there their and they’re. while educational differences can cause cultural differences, i don’t know that Should Of is quite an aave term though because it’s not a mistake that’s exclusive to black people and isn’t something that stemmed FROM the black community. it’s a very widespread grammatical misunderstanding that comes from not thinking of the spelling of the word when speaking

Anonymous

#38 10h

technically you’re meant to just be saying should have really quickly but honestly we’re just talking about people who misspell it in text rather than people who say it that way, since verbally they’re almost the same

Anonymous

#11 9h

I feel like it’s lowkey racist to just automatically ascribe grammatical errors to aave like “ya that’s how black ppl talk” like what?

Anonymous

#39 8h

Nobody was trying to be racist. It’s a dialect in the same way you hear southern American English and the ways in which that too changes the way the language is used

Anonymous

#4 8h

can you not read?