Typing "should of" instead of "should've"

[Skeletor]

What's up with that anyway? I've noticed a lot native speakers do it, is it intentional or are the people doing it just plain retarded?

[AdZ]

Just plain retarded.

[Dizzy]

It's just as bad as the maddeningly frequent usage of "your" for you are (it's you're, people), and "alot".  A lot is TWO WORDS, people.

[Walk]

Alright also gets on my nerves, even though I sometimes commit this fallacy myself. ALL RIGHT. I hate the usage of "ur" instead of your. I think it's more forgivable in common speech, but when typing it just seems really stupid for these mistakes to pop up.

[D]

this kind of stuff really doesnt bother me as long as i can make out what the person is saying

i mean fuck its the internet not english class

[Doc Emmett Brown]

this kind of stuff really doesnt bother me as long as i can make out what the person is saying

same here. 

But what really bugs me is how some posts have these weird '[&54548p] %% &[6]' things inserted in them - where the heck do they come from?

[SLCPUNK]

I always wondered that too random. Sometimes when I clip and paste I get them.

Not capitalizing things bothers me. I hate seeing that. But my spelling is horrible, I know. On this board it is hardly the worst so I don't use spell check. I know I can get my point across. I can carry on an intelligent conversation, but I ain't gonna win no spelling "B" that is for sure.

I have horrible handwriting too, but I can type like a mo-fo, always have been able to. The thing I always say is that "My spelling and handwriting suck, but I understand numbers." Meaning, I might be bad in those things, but being good with money is more important.

I think the internet is laid back too, so people don't care about this stuff as much. I get emails from friends of mine with much more education then me and there spelling/puncuation is horrible. They'd never write a letter to there boss like that, but online people just don't care as much. That's what I guess anyway.

[Skeletor]

It's just as bad as the maddeningly frequent usage of "your" for you are

That I can sort of understand, because they look fairly similar to each other, but the "should of"-thing boggles me. It just looks so stupid that unless it's meant as a joke, I don't get it..

[matt88]

It's just as bad as the maddeningly frequent usage of "your" for you are (it's you're, people), and "alot".? A lot is TWO WORDS, people.

A lot is 2 words I never knew that. Thanks for that

[Skeletor]

A lot is 2 words I never knew that. Thanks for that

Please tell me you were being sarcastic.

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

can you guys ( i was about to write "y'all" ) give us an example of a mis-use of "should of" ?  i dont get it .... i dont even see how you can use that thing ...

[Will]

He should of said that
You should of stayed that night
Axl should of released the new album in 2002
I called you the elite, but I should of called you my base!
...

[Where is Hassan Nasrallah ?]

He should of said that
You should of stayed that night
Axl should of released the new album in 2002
I called you the elite, but I should of called you my base!
...

WOOO !! okay, even 10 years old kids in france don't make that mistake lol.

[Skeletor]

WOOO !! okay, even 10 years old kids in france don't make that mistake lol.

That's what makes it so funny, it's usually only native speakers who are able to write it like that..

[Chris Misfit]

When D posts, I have to re-read it, same with SSS. Neither of them make much sense to me most of the time.

I hate people typing "ur" too. Is it "you're" or is it "your". See, you're causing people to stop and think, does he mean something I own or something I am? Which takes time, so the fast txt spk aspect is therefore, bullshit. Yes, it takes yourself more time to type out those strenious 3 extra letters, and my heart bleeds for your poor mind to activate the powers to do so, but really, it just takes longer for people to understand.

[SLCPUNK]

Which takes time, so the fast txt spk aspect is therefore, bullshit. Yes, it takes yourself more time to type out those strenious 3 extra letters, and my heart bleeds for your poor mind to activate the powers to do so, but really, it just takes longer for people to understand.

Yea, just type the damn thing out. Big deal.

[K-Rock]

"Should have" is shortened to "should've". 

What does "should of" mean anyway?

I should have done so.....or......I should of done so.

Could someone use "should of" in a sentence that makes sense.....maybe it's me.

[Doc Emmett Brown]

I called you the elite, but I should of called you my base!

 

your 2 funnee.  u should of bin a republikin   

[axls_locomotive]

this kind of stuff really doesnt bother me as long as i can make out what the person is saying

same here. 

But what really bugs me is how some posts have these weird '[&54548p] %% &[6]' things inserted in them - where the heck do they come from?

they are probably html entities you're thinking of...they represent characters within the html language..these characters can produce certain problems when coding, so therefore they use these entities instead...

[the dirt]

"Should have" is shortened to "should've".?


Could someone use "should of" in a sentence that makes sense.....

No, it does not make sense.

The function of the ' in should've is to represent the missing letters, which are obviously ha. Have.

Should of is nothing in the "proper" written sense.