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.

  • gyrodaddy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    72·
    1 year ago

    I had a professor who would use “should of” in speech, probably because he read it so much and internalized it as being correct.

    • DesGrieuxEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      “Should’ve” and “should of” are pronounced the same, what are you talking about? There’s no way you can mix them up in speech. Are you even a native English speaker?

      • gyrodaddy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Sorry for the late reply. He would leave a very clear space between “should” and “of” and clearly say “of” instead of “have.” If you could hear it, you would know what I am talking about. Yes I am.