YaP Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I saw quite often "would of" where i would have written "would have"...(i suppose some would of written would of...) For example i read today "Maybe he should of just stayed in bed that day". I am confused because i see it so often. Is "would of" a correct way to word that ? It looks strange/wrong to me. what do you think ? Link to comment
darkfoxprime Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I saw quite often "would of" where i would have written "would have"...(i suppose some would of written would of...) For example i read today "Maybe he should of just stayed in bed that day". I am confused because i see it so often. Is "would of" a correct way to word that ? It looks strange/wrong to me. what do you think ? My understanding is that "would of" and "should of" are corruptions of the contractions "would've" and "should've", which respectively stand for "would have" and "should have". In my mind, "would of" and "should of" are incorrect usage unless the author is intentionally using them to simulate child-like or a less-educated sounding manner of speech. - dfp Link to comment
corvus Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I saw quite often "would of" where i would have written "would have"...(i suppose some would of written would of...) For example i read today "Maybe he should of just stayed in bed that day". I am confused because i see it so often. Is "would of" a correct way to word that ? It looks strange/wrong to me. what do you think ? It's an error. Link to comment
YaP Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 My understanding is that "would of" and "should of" are corruptions of the contractions "would've" and "should've", which respectively stand for "would have" and "should have". In my mind, "would of" and "should of" are incorrect usage unless the author is intentionally using them to simulate child-like or a less-educated sounding manner of speech. - dfp That is how i think about it too. I just saw it so often that i became doubtful. Thanks Link to comment
steph Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 My understanding is that "would of" and "should of" are corruptions of the contractions "would've" and "should've", which respectively stand for "would have" and "should have". Right, "would've" and "would of" sound the same phonetically, but "would've" is what the person is truly saying. Link to comment
Hylas Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 It's an effect of spoken English being retranslated into writing LOL. "Since it sounds like... it must be..." kind of thing. Link to comment
Tiger Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I saw quite often "would of" where i would have written "would have"...(i suppose some would of written would of...) For example i read today "Maybe he should of just stayed in bed that day". I am confused because i see it so often. Is "would of" a correct way to word that ? It looks strange/wrong to me. what do you think ? EEK! I do not even use that in dialogue. I cannot stand it at all. I am an admitted grammar Nazi though. Link to comment
Site Moderator TalonRider Posted March 5, 2008 Site Moderator Share Posted March 5, 2008 This is something that I would definitely point out to an author. Link to comment
YaP Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 This is something that I would definitely point out to an author. Ok, i will.. especially as the one i stumbled over really is a good writer (thats what made me wonder if maybe i am wrong...). I knew i would get a definitve answer here. Thanks all Link to comment
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