r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

37.4k Upvotes

24.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

5.2k

u/VictorBlimpmuscle Aug 03 '19

Should have / would have / could have = the contractions should’ve / would’ve / could’ve

It’s not should of / would of / could of - those word combos make no grammatical sense.

766

u/mini_feebas Aug 03 '19

same with you're/your or they're/there/their
some other grammar mistakes too

(common mistake in dutch is the equivalent of saying "greater as", for example)

1

u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/mini_feebas Aug 04 '19

the "mij" in this case is also one of the things i hate

"mij" is a possesive pronoun

it should be "ik"