Joke Thread III

[stuart little]

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Who is she? Is it whom I think it is?

 

[stuart little]

Chinese 'red' balloons...

Are there #neun und neunzig?'

 

[stuart little]

Can I genuinely ask why so many people are using the word "of" instead of "have" these days?

Well that wouldn't make sense; "...instead have "have" these days!

 

[Cozzer]

Can I genuinely ask why so many people are using the word "of" instead of "have" these days?

Annoying, isn't it?
Basic grammar, you'd have thought.

My grandson showed me two of his school test results recently, and each teacher had made the same error writing their review of the boy's achievements.
I suspect that the mistake results from the spoken word - using "would've" as opposed to "would have", for example - and the laziness has taken over from there?

 

[stuart little]

Annoying, isn't it?
Basic grammar, you'd have thought.

My grandson showed me two of his school test results recently, and each teacher had made the same error writing their review of the boy's achievements.
I suspect that the mistake results from the spoken word - using "would've" as opposed to "would have", for example - and the laziness has taken over from there?

U R quite rite!

 

[Serendipity Gunge]

Can I genuinely ask why so many people are using the word "of" instead of "have" these days?

Because they are illiterate.

 

[JimJay]

Because they are illiterate.

And seemingly proud of that fact.....

 

[Bob Chapman]

I think it's because 'could have' is often abbreviated to 'could've ' which sounds like 'could of'.

 

[John Brown]

Because they are illiterate.

I definately agree.
Grammer and speling seperate the sheep from the goat's.


It amuses me how autocorrect often turns the misspelt version of "definitely" into "defiantly".

 

[Doug B]

 

[JimJay]

I think it's because 'could have' is often abbreviated to 'could've ' which sounds like 'could of'.

So aural and visual illiteracy, to accompany the oral and verbal varieties - sounds like a clean sweep, doesn't it?

I still struggle to convince my class of English learners that "native speaker" and "competent user" aren't even vaguely synonymous these days...

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Because they are illiterate.

Get off of your high horse.

 

[quintain]

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I literally seen that circa 1966?? in a students flat in Coundon, Coventry..He was alive but out cold the other side of the room, We as Fire Service were interested, the ambulance crew not very interested, the police with a smile on their faces.

 

[Ozi]

I definately agree.
Grammer and speling seperate the sheep from the goat's.


It amuses me how autocorrect often turns the misspelt version of "definitely" into "defiantly".

Or possibly because language evolves, it always has and always will. Try reading middle English from say the 1500s, if you go back much further than that it becomes almost incomprehensible.

 

[JimJay]

Get off of your high horse.

A nod's as good as a wink....

 

[Thingybob]

Can I genuinely ask why so many people are using the word "of" instead of "have" these days?

Those extra 2 letters might (of) have caused a serious set back in my recovery . But on a serious note in today's society spelling and abbreviation have gone out of the window if you really want to make changes to that you need to start at the early learning stage not with us Old ones I'm not asking for a manuscript to be proofed . ITS A JOKE THREAD

 

[dzj]

 

[Thingybob]

Because they are illiterate.

May all your mortice joints have (of)come unglued

 

[Thingybob]

I can not believe that two little letters could of awakened the correctness brigade into trying to get the joke thread ended again just get a life and move on (please excuse any mistakes in the preceding post)

 

[Geoff_S]

Can I genuinely ask why so many people are using the word "of" instead of "have" these days?

Have course you can