I learned these things way back in elementary school.
Another thing that drives me batty is the “could of” instead of “could have”, or “should of” instead of “should have”.
Didn’t these people go to school?
“should of” has become sort of a joke here. But what about this common format:
“I would have if I would have”
instead of (if I hafta be explicit):
“I would have if I had”.
Oh my gosh, you reminded me of how batty that drives me!!! I read a book recently “One Second After” about and EMP attack on America and the author constantly used should of would of, etc...instead of should HAVE or would HAVE.
UGH. Made the book difficult to read.