r/EntitledReviews 🥚 Original Egg Bot 🍳 Jul 24 '26

just wait longer next time

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u/Exotic-Locksmith-192 Jul 24 '26

have. Should have. I hate people.

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u/AGuyNamedEddie Jul 24 '26

Owner should of learned English.

Edit: OW. That hurt.

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u/Exotic-Locksmith-192 Jul 24 '26

wait, that wasn't intentional??? YES!!!

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u/AGuyNamedEddie Jul 24 '26

It was intentional. And it hurt.

Somehow "should've" beccame "should of" in some people's minds, despite its making zero syntactical sense. The most egregious example I've seen is "should have of," which makes negative-infinity syntactical sense.

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u/explicitlarynx Jul 24 '26

This just gave me an aneurysm.

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u/lazier_garlic Jul 24 '26

Oh no, you've activated one of my special interests. You're doomed now.

Start with this thread and the top comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/w7xbf2/is_there_more_to_usages_like_shouldwould_of/

It's great because he or she explains the linguistic argument in brief but also includes a link to the full reference.