What does 'se'nnight' mean

[Gadget]

Apologies for this BUT "should of" is rubbish - the correct wording is "should HAVE" 

Agree

The use of 'of' for 'have' is  one of my pet hates

[arthurk]

Maybe in order to eliminate "should of" we should become more tolerant of shoulda, woulda, coulda 

[BumbleB]

Maybe in order to eliminate "should of" we should become more tolerant of shoulda, woulda, coulda 

 

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I expect most of us say "should've" and "would've", and it is only a very short step to "should of". In fact it is virtually the same.

[brigidmac]

Bumble bee I certainly didn't make an assumption that
 "  should of" was correct

I  actually said I didn't like it !
 (  feel a little miffed , not picked on )

I hear it more and more on BBC radio as well as in common parlance

Like gadget I'd prefer "shoulda woulda coulda "
I have a linguistics background ,so learnt about how some anomalies developed

Many people don't realise the origins of some common words .

I always used to set my foreign students conundrums

Why do we say " she was born"
But ' she died "

How do you conjugate will + shall
+ Why

Does anyone know the difference between I will drown.No -one shall save me +
I shall drown no.one will save me

Rarely come across shall these days
Cinderella you shall go to the ball
I don't know if toddlers stamp their feet and say shan't anymore

I feel like I've told this before + I can't see my punctuation...there is an unfinished sentence in an earlier post .too late to modify

[youngtug]

  I expect most of us say "should've" and "would've", and it is only a very short step to "should of". In fact it is virtually the same.

I think that it is a case of people writing down what they hear and it becomes "should of" instead of the above. Made worse no doubt by autocorrect text.

[Gadget]

Briged -

It wasn't me that suggested Shoulda, etc. It was Arthur. He posted immediately after me so you must have missed him 

I'm with Bumble and YT. It is the written form - should of rather than should have that I really object to.


Gadget

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I remember "no-one shall save me" - so no-one did!

[Gadget]

No  - you  can save  her.

It's not often seen but it is correct. Spacing is all 

Hyphens/dashes are used frequently * in note making. 

* or frequently used.