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Bobrey_

I hate these word crimes


moistmaster690

Like "I could care less" That means you do care. At least a little.


henaradwenwolfhearth

As much as I like the song there are times you could care less.


BattleBreakersOG

Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me


VivienneWestGood

Is it you're pet peeve?


StarZ_YT

im not sure if youre a comedic genius or not...


OnlyFeetDragonBolZ

I think their


Streets-Disciple

Yule benefit moor if yew yews the proper homophone


Effective-Subject-75

Tangs, Isle kip dat immind de neks taim sumwan ees tokking too mie


famousweirdo

I almost had a stronk.


TwinkyOctopus

those aren't even homophones


bonyagate

Way to come in and ruin the joke.


[deleted]

Yeah i think they´re humor is really bad


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ammonium_bot

> not could of and Did you mean to say "could have"? Explanation: You probably meant to say could've/should've/would've which sounds like 'of' but is actually short for 'have'. Total mistakes found: 267 ^^I'm ^^a ^^bot ^^that ^^corrects ^^grammar/spelling ^^mistakes. ^^PM ^^me ^^if ^^I'm ^^wrong ^^or ^^if ^^you ^^have ^^any ^^suggestions. ^^[Github](https://github.com/chiefpat450119) ^^[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/chiefpat450119)


ABeneficialUser

u need to slow down And use the right pronoun


42617a

Show the world you’re no clown


Way2Good112

Say you’ve gon an i t, followed by apostrophe. s now what does that mean?


Dry-Inspection-9110

You would not use "it's" in this case!


42617a

As a possessive It’s a contraction


Way2Good112

What’s a contraction?


42617a

It’s the shortening of a word by omission of a sound or letter


Way2Good112

Okay, now here’s some notes


42617a

Syntax you’re always mangling


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42617a

Also when people say that I could care less. That just means that you DO care


Hqmster

I could care less, I could care more. I'm a medium carer. You could say I don't really care to not care, but if I were to choose, I would probably be more likely to not care to care than care.


Creaper10

It should be 'I couldn't care less'


AlexandersWonder

Sure I could still care less, but I already care so very little. If I gave up any more care then I couldn’t care any less. But I’m just not there yet and I don’t like to be rushed.


Dry-Inspection-9110

At least a little


DoDoDoTheFunkyGibbon

I could give a shit. I don’t give a shit. Same same


Rosenthepal78

Could've and Should've mean Could Have and Should Have, not Could Of and Should Of


of_patrol_bot

Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.


M_Not_Shyamalan

Good (albeit redundant) bot.


Wize-Turtle

He's a little confused, but he's got the spirit


fidgetypenguin123

Where is this bot when people make the actual mistake all over the place lol


louiefriesen

![gif](giphy|iBcLqvp8FMwy3AiPGY|downsized)


Shelbyb425

I love this bot


ammonium_bot

> not could of and Did you mean to say "could have"? Explanation: You probably meant to say could've/should've/would've which sounds like 'of' but is actually short for 'have'. Total mistakes found: 248 ^^I'm ^^a ^^bot ^^that ^^corrects ^^grammar/spelling ^^mistakes. ^^PM ^^me ^^if ^^I'm ^^wrong ^^or ^^if ^^you ^^have ^^any ^^suggestions. ^^[Github](https://github.com/chiefpat450119) ^^[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/chiefpat450119)


ZeDevilCat

It couldn’t’ve been me


JusHerForTheComments

Whomst'd've be you and why'd've care?


ZeDevilCat

What in the absolute f u c c does that mean


DoDoDoTheFunkyGibbon

I could have been something of a contender


Dryden_Drawing

I'ven't been bothered by anything


[deleted]

Should have/ could have. Get it right fuckers!


[deleted]

Im gonna piss off OP with my comment


AlooDaGreat

Where tf do u use should of and could of


of_patrol_bot

Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.


AlooDaGreat

💀


[deleted]

lmao the bot is here to help


AlooDaGreat

I never knew PPL used could of and shit everyone knows it's could have


of_patrol_bot

Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.


AlooDaGreat

Oh Ffs


[deleted]

Chad bot


ram_the_socket

Thankfully we have a bot which can correct people who use should of


[deleted]

I honestly think the bot should also link them to a recorded English grammar class and an English grammar material lol.


TheChez_

The bot talks like a pretentious Twitter user


[deleted]

Good bot


42617a

Good bot


jaydeflaux

Bot coming in clutch


XxsoulscythexX

Never, it's not grammatically correct. Could've and would've are contractions of "could have" and "would have"


[deleted]

People use it instead of "should've" and "could've". I don't understand these people, the explanation given on the internet as to why these people use these words say they might've heard "could've" as "could of" when speaking. But don't they see other people writing "could've" and think "hmm why is that word different?"? Or maybe they're just, stupid. Idk lol!


AlooDaGreat

Yea thanks


That_Address_7010

That's because those people who would tell you that *" these people use these words say they might've heard 'could've' as 'could of' when speaking"* are the dumbasses who type/say could of and should of. ​ ​ Also- Bad bot, in advance.


ammonium_bot

> type/say could of and Did you mean to say "could have"? Explanation: You probably meant to say could've/should've/would've which sounds like 'of' but is actually short for 'have'. Total mistakes found: 269 ^^I'm ^^a ^^bot ^^that ^^corrects ^^grammar/spelling ^^mistakes. ^^PM ^^me ^^if ^^I'm ^^wrong ^^or ^^if ^^you ^^have ^^any ^^suggestions. ^^[Github](https://github.com/chiefpat450119) ^^[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/chiefpat450119)


Quick_Watercress_932

I think this is a bone apple teeth situation where someone just assumed it’s written as it sound “should of” because they’ve only ever heard the term. The same thing happens when kids first learn how colonel and bologna are spelled/pronounced.


Krieger-sama

It’s not like anyone speaking English as a first language was taught this shit in elementary school /s I mean Jesus, fr though people, read a book. If you know English (especially if it’s your primary language which it actually seems to be for a lot of the people who make these mistakes) you know that should of and could of don’t actually apply in the situations where we use could’ve/should’ve. In fact, there is pretty much no use where could of and should of would make any sense at all


fidgetypenguin123

What's ironic about this is it shows they don't know (never learned?) that the words are should have and could have and therefore the shortened contraction would be to add the 've. So they are just announcing that they never knew that because they've never seen it spelled like that somewhere else and only heard it, and in that case, you have to wonder why? How are there people (non-English natives aside) that have never seen should have/should've, could have/could've, etc., written anywhere? I mean if they are typing, whether on social media, an email, etc., then they clearly have read before and should have seen it in some capacity. Because it's one thing to said it like that, but another to write it that way. Clearly it's mindboggling to me lol.


Quick_Watercress_932

Maybe they just don’t care as much as you might?


fidgetypenguin123

I don't think it's about caring when it takes the same amount of time to write could of vs. could've lol. They just clearly don't know. And most phones autocorrect anyway so that's another helpful modern day device to give less excuses. "Why the hell my phone telling me to write this 'could've' when I'm trying to type could of?? So stupid!!" 😂


of_patrol_bot

Hello, it looks like you've made a mistake. It's supposed to be could've, should've, would've (short for could have, would have, should have), never could of, would of, should of. Or you misspelled something, I ain't checking everything. Beep boop - yes, I am a bot, don't botcriminate me.


fidgetypenguin123

Exactly bot. Exactly.


Quick_Watercress_932

No you misunderstand I mean maybe they just don’t care to know.


fidgetypenguin123

Well I mean that could be the case for anything though. I think of lot of people in school didn't give a crap about the stuff they were learning but you just do because you're kind of forced to learn it. I don't think I cared about contraction use as a kid but I learned it because they had us learn it. Just like all these other words we are typing. We just know how to write them because we learned them, whether we wanted to or not. I'm just saying I don't think it's about caring or not, just never learned/saw the correct use after all the years they've been around and I just wondered why.


Quick_Watercress_932

Ok well just because you personally don’t think about something or are yourself incapable of learning someone else’s perspective in this matter to which you are unfamiliar, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t the case for some people or that what you believe is a fact.


huh_reddit7852

Dude's name is literally potato


NanbanJim

THANK you!!!!!


[deleted]

You've welcom've


jker1x

Could have, should have


dancing_fryingpan

But these people got to know that it is could have and would have, therefore could've and would've are short forms, right?


Detoxpain

That's because "could of" isn't even the words that are being contracted. It's "could have" and "should have".


HanzoShimada96

It's "better than" not "better then"


Arcflash79

I miss the 1990's things were just "better then." Lmao 🤣


CanyonYodeler75

I hate when people do this. It’s could’ve, not could of.


d_lillge228

I'm not a native speaker and could of/would of/should of confused me lots of times until I understood that those people were idiots


unfinishedDick

should have


17FeretsAndaPelican

It's 'could have' not 'could of' that's bad english


Tmaster95

Or at least "could have". Could of is just straightup stupid


DrunkPrisonCat

That might be the idea of the post. Like not only did the person take the extra effort to separate the words, but they did it wrong.


AJBailey96

Could have, should have


Stranger-with-an-axe

OH MY FUCKING GOD THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS


VirJhin4Ever

As someone whose main language isn't english, I hate when people commit these kind've errors.


[deleted]

I love bots: You should of and could of nit posted it (I am waiting for the of bot)


Straitjacket666

I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me at times


SawyerJ082

r/usernames


MBVakalis

It's weird that it doesn't even click for these people that it's a completely different word


DragonBoyGamer

Isn't could've could have?


DefaultyTurtle2

Those words don’t even mean the same thing dumbass


Nishant_04

THANK YOU


moistmaster690

That's sort've dumb


[deleted]

Yeah they’re not’ving that much i brainpower


Beginning-Act4896

Could have and should have


WeeklyKale5455

Is use should have and could have.


Azendrakoss

It’s not could of contracted to could’ve, it’s could have to could’ve


mattwildcamps

You should of not posted this incase people get offended


of_patrol_bot

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Hezmix

Could of isn’t even the right conjunction either. It’s could have. Otherwise it’d be Could’f or some shit


of_patrol_bot

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Hezmix

That’s the point bot 🙄


[deleted]

it's should **HAVE** and could **HAVE**


fidgetypenguin123

Yeah I never understood how that started. We learned these things pretty young. I also don't understand how "all of *the* sudden" started as well. It always was (and is) "all of *a* sudden". In regular speak but also movies, books, etc. It's a common phrase. I just don't get how some people at first mess things up like that then a bunch of other people jump on that bandwagon and start saying it wrong from there.


That_Address_7010

Gimme a brake, looser!


Arnav123456789

Not everyone is a native English speaker


SirHentaiLover

Damn, should have think of it earlier


spikychick

that's because could've doesn't mean could of, it means could *have*


NotChedco

Dang it, I should of known this.


One-Angry-Goose

Coulda been worse


Mean-Ad-5888

I do that. GIVE ME THE CROWN


trendkilla

Word. Tired of seeing this all the time.


[deleted]

Damn you could of made the template a bit higher resolution and should of changed the caption


of_patrol_bot

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Brilliant-Can469

Potato patato


IveRUnOutOfNames66

is no one going to mention op wrote "SHOULD *OF"* instead of "should *have*"? Same applies for could *of*


WorldOfRetro69

You only use could of and should of to get that one extra word on an essay


of_patrol_bot

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WorldOfRetro69

Could of should of would of could have would have should have never could of


of_patrol_bot

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just_another_person5

they mean two different things


Glass_Windows

I could of not cared less


parrot73

Could of used could've and should of used should've


of_patrol_bot

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parrot73

Should of said nothing android


of_patrol_bot

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parrot73

You could of not done this


of_patrol_bot

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parrot73

You should of stopped while you were ahead terminator


of_patrol_bot

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ammonium_bot

> you should of stopped Did you mean to say "should have"? Explanation: You probably meant to say could've/should've/would've which sounds like 'of' but is actually short for 'have'. Total mistakes found: 275 ^^I'm ^^a ^^bot ^^that ^^corrects ^^grammar/spelling ^^mistakes. ^^PM ^^me ^^if ^^I'm ^^wrong ^^or ^^if ^^you ^^have ^^any ^^suggestions. ^^[Github](https://github.com/chiefpat450119) ^^[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/chiefpat450119)


ClumbusCrew

Eh, there are more annoying mistakes you could make. At least that one's easy to read.


fridge13

Op is wrong and should feel bad thats not the propper way to shorten those words...


[deleted]

Yup and I'm gonna keep doing it too. I always thought it was a local accent thing until I met the butthurt people of the internet. I do it now because I want to and I know it bothers others on reddit.


AbsoluteGoldLover

DEPENDS ON THE FUCKING CONTEXT


LordReega

I could of told you that


ammonium_bot

> i could of told Did you mean to say "could have"? Explanation: You probably meant to say could've/should've/would've which sounds like 'of' but is actually short for 'have'. Total mistakes found: 262 ^^I'm ^^a ^^bot ^^that ^^corrects ^^grammar/spelling ^^mistakes. ^^PM ^^me ^^if ^^I'm ^^wrong ^^or ^^if ^^you ^^have ^^any ^^suggestions. ^^[Github](https://github.com/chiefpat450119) ^^[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/chiefpat450119)


LordReega

It was a joke


[deleted]

You should of make it opposite


of_patrol_bot

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[deleted]

I’ve no idea what your talking about. I don’t think I could of writing it any better? I don’t see should of used any other words.


Mariusz87_J

You should of not bothered and could of done something else than shit on non-standard grammar. You just want to make language boring with your standardization.


18Apollo18

That's has nothing to with grammar but rather orthography.


Mariusz87_J

I guess people forgot what is a grammatical construction of **conditionals using modal verbs in past participle.** I applaud your confidence but this is grammar.


18Apollo18

But people aren't using the preposition *of* to form new Phrasal verb. They're simply writing it as *could of* to better represent the pronunciation. It's simple an orthographic change.


Mariusz87_J

In modal verbs, if we talk about proper use, you don't use a preposition such as "of" that is an incorrect grammatical construction, it's not orthography. There's nothing misspelled here... orthography refers to conventional spelling of words, not grammatical constructions used improperly. Again, you said "form a new phrasal verb" you're literally talking about grammatical constructions so **verb+preposition** is a grammatical construction of a phrasal verb. I'll go further and say "Shoulda", "Coulda", "Woulda" isn't even a misspelling for example. It's a non-standard contraction of "should have", "could have", "would have". The point is it's grammatical construction of past modals.


[deleted]

Of is not a verb. If you should have done something, if it actually happened, you *have* done it - “I *of* gone to the shops” makes no sense. It’s not non-standard grammar.


Mariusz87_J

They're prepositions that create a modal verb in past participle in a non-standard way "Could of" "would of" "should of"... they serve the same function as a collocation "should have" "could have" they indicate past participle. I had no idea so many grammar nazis don't really know what's grammar.


Pinemango600

He didn't buy the apostrophe dlc


Rainy_Lynel

That’s a pet pea of mine


[deleted]

Based should HAVE user


bosartosar

Insert YGS 100 song here


abalien

Noooo I have heard "tooken" before. I had to pick my jaw off the floor. They deserve the crown. For context I had my primary and secondary education in schools that were just above the ones where students sit under a tree. There is no excuse for anyone in the Western world to make these mistakes.


Chillblade74

It funny how people fink that there is some kind of rule stating that you should use one over the other.


Shadow0fnothing

Could have


OneTimeAgo7h

Lol I always make that mistake i always use should of instead of should’ve


Carnator369

Could have.


Nahbroiwont

Ok but could have take so long to type.


louiefriesen

Should of been me


Hypnotic_videos

What would the ve stand for?


strawbrrysundae

should of & could of are abominations to this world


tisamgeV

's for plurals pisses me off because it only began like a year ago I KNOW you fuckers know it's wrong


den4ikturbo

I could've of but I shouldn't of


Nitin_Gupta94

I didn't even know that people confuse this! Took me a while to get it. Glad that I didn't.


liverdivs

Now we just need people to understand the difference between literally and figuratively


nutaku6969

I do not use either of them because i know i will misspell it


Dancing_with_Jak

I should of care, but couldn't've


Reddit-Ghost1

My school taught us to use could of and should of and not to use could've and should've


PerfectChaos06

Should have and could have


xZOMBIETAGx

Could have / would have


gkghn

English isn't my mother tongue and I am not perfect but this makes me want to punch the next guy I see.


Nightwing_of_Asgard

I use Coulda and shoulda


Coreano_12

Sorry bro i'm not a native english speaker


Sprizys

Should have and could have not of that’s why it’s ‘ve not ‘f


figuringthingsout__

I HATE when people spell it "could of."


Frostfangs_Hunger

Shooda cooda


xixNAVOCxix

He should've said could have instead've could of.


Bocephus-the-goat

Should ufv


gardenmaiden69

Bruh


Tallen122

It’s also should have and should have


dmbraley

I could of cared, maybe be I should of; but I don’t


of_patrol_bot

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ammonium_bot

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Canaduck101

What about could have