• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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      6 months ago

      “Shouldn’t of” is a way of saying “I’m a basic dickhead who doesn’t care for your woke opinions, up to and including grammar”

      • letsgo@lemm.ee
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        6 months ago

        It’s also regularly confused with a way of saying “I went to a school with ‘progressive’ (read: stupid) ideas about spelling, where the ‘teachers’ would say dumb shit like ‘how would you spell it at home?’”

        Fortunately I missed all that nonsense and regularly had classes on the correct use of and distinction between they’re, their and there; two, too and to; bear and bare; should have vs should of; i.e. vs e.g., etc.

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        7 months ago

        Language changes but they should still make sense right? “Shouldn’t of” makes no sense.

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          7 months ago

          Especially when the opportunity for a cool ass double abbreviation is right there. Shouldn’t’ve missed the chance.