That's it, I've seen it one too many times - aarrgghh!!?

Question

Does anyone else here ever get the urge to pull out your freakin' hair when someone says "could of" instead of 'could have'?

Zilla feels kinda frustrated, but wishes you all a good morning :)

Answer 1

My hair is too precious.

Answer 2

nope not at all. I could of gotten sick of seing it but havent yet

but good night zilla. It is 20 minutes until midnight here. Nearly sunday. Better get some sleep. Have a good day. Your lucky your weekend is only just beginning

Answer 3

You could, of course, instead of pulling out your freakin' hair, have  torn your sac, which would of been, sort've kind've painfuller. Top've the mornin' to you, mate.

Answer 4

Thank you for not being the only one driven up the wall by this >.> I don't even understand how people started spelling it "could of". What the h**l? It's a freaking contraction, people. Could HAVE. Could'VE. Sheesh.

Answer 5

"could care less" is my 'favourite'.

~

Answer 6

YES ARGH I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!

Answer 7

Shoulda, coulda, woulda... if I'd of only known!  But I ain't all that smart, ya know. lol

I still have a couple strands of hair left to play with, though.  rofl!  Good morning =)

Answer 8

Silly people should correct theirselves after saying "could of" instead of "could have".  Hun, I am from the south where poor grammar is very common.  Nah, doesn't really make me want ot pull out my hair.  I know this grammar has been passed down for generations.  It's known here as "Appalachian English". Expressions such as, I done done it.. "you was" and "y'all were," "Is you going to eat that tater?"  Fetch me that there rake yonder".  I believe you would be very surprised by the highly educated, wealthy folks who use this language.

Nice to see ya.  You come on back now....Hear??

(((Zilla)))

Prayers and good wishes for the people in the path of hurricane Gustav.  It is now a category 4.  I see many people seem to be heading north.  We don't want to see a repeat of Katrina!!!!

Answer 9

English is dead, long live Ebonics !

(((zilla)))

Answer 10

LOL, even I do, and you know that English is not my first language...

Answer 11

I wish I could of but behemoths don't have hair!

Answer 12

I used to get wound up about it but I've seen it so many times that my former rage has given way to resignation... sigh...

Good morning to you too, Zilla (actually it's afternoon where I am :->)

Answer 13

Did you know I'm bald???  (((((Zilla)))))

Answer 14

I find "could have cared less" much more aggravating....

Answer 15

Language is evolving.

We'll all be typing with variations of chat speak in less than a hundred years time.

Answer 16

lol yeh its annoying rite

Could've ftw.

Answer 17

Zilla, lizards don't have hair.  How could you be pulling out your hair?  ;-)

Yeah, it does annoy me, amongst other such grammatical errors.  How hard would it be for those people to type "could've" instead?  It's a proper contraction.  "Could of" is not.

And a good afternoon to you!

Answer 18

Language is de-volving. Dyslexics untie!! My fellow failures in English class visit our poor English skill & ADD and even our ignorance here at a regular rate.

Sorry. I am guilty!

Answer 19

Huh?

PS: it's 7 pm here

Answer 20

As an English teacher things like that make me want to email the person and give him or her a grammar lesson.  I also hate it when someone says loose but means lose.   (((((Zilla)))))