Why YSK?

The first person who typed “should of” probably heard of it in real life that was meant to be “should’ve”, they typed “should of” online and readers thought that it’s grammatically correct to say “should of” which is in fact wrong and it became widespread throughout the years on Reddit.

I hope something could start to change.

  • CrabhandsEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So another way of wording that is, that if enough people are saying it wrong, then it becomes right?

    Language is not a real “thing”, just an idea that people collectively agree upon. So I do believe under certain circumstances, it’s ok if it changes. Full (and unneeded) disclosure, I’m no linguist :)