Five lights don't work
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You're a capitulating appeaser.
Whenever you try to make an argument for unfettered, uncorrected, mistake making becoming the new normal on the grounds that it's always happened, please try to consider the difference between a period without universal learning and without dictionaries giving spelling and definitions, and with foreign invaders bringing different languages in, and the period after those things all changed.
We don't hold to "scientific" ideas rooted in ignorance and we should not hold to the meanings of words changing because of it, as there is no longer any excuse.
Whoever was first to say "could of" when what they meant was "could have" was not engaged in evolving a living language, they were engaged in being wrong. They did it out of ignorance, and they added nothing to the language, they benefited it not at all. They just used the wrong word.
If you asked someone if they'd like a drink, and they replied "Yes, I'll of a pint have bitter, please", would you really think that was perfectly OK?
What if they were a non-native English speaker, would you ever, under any circumstances, consider putting them right, and explaining the difference between "of" and "have", or would you let them think that they were speaking correctly?
If the former, why?
Whenever you try to make an argument for unfettered, uncorrected, mistake making becoming the new normal on the grounds that it's always happened, please try to consider the difference between a period without universal learning and without dictionaries giving spelling and definitions, and with foreign invaders bringing different languages in, and the period after those things all changed.
We don't hold to "scientific" ideas rooted in ignorance and we should not hold to the meanings of words changing because of it, as there is no longer any excuse.
Whoever was first to say "could of" when what they meant was "could have" was not engaged in evolving a living language, they were engaged in being wrong. They did it out of ignorance, and they added nothing to the language, they benefited it not at all. They just used the wrong word.
If you asked someone if they'd like a drink, and they replied "Yes, I'll of a pint have bitter, please", would you really think that was perfectly OK?
What if they were a non-native English speaker, would you ever, under any circumstances, consider putting them right, and explaining the difference between "of" and "have", or would you let them think that they were speaking correctly?
If the former, why?
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I blame the Pet Shop Boys
It all started when they did a cover version of Willie Nelson’s
You We’re Always On My Mind
The original lyrics are:
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have…
Take a listen to the Pet Shop Boys version. Seems to me that “have” is replaced by “of”. Grrrr
It all started when they did a cover version of Willie Nelson’s
You We’re Always On My Mind
The original lyrics are:
Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
Maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have…
Take a listen to the Pet Shop Boys version. Seems to me that “have” is replaced by “of”. Grrrr
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Yes, that is true but that is the problem; not a justification.
That the Pet Shop Boys pronounced it like that does not alter the spelling.
Where would we be if we spelt words the way they are pronounced in New Zealand or South Africa?
If enough people call a spider an insect, does it become one?
Is the price reasonable considering the electrician does not appear to pay VAT i.e. VAT is specified as N/A on the invoice.
Are you suggesting that they sing "could" and "have" as separate words. I guarantee you will have said "could've" in a way that sounds like "could of". Will you be admonishing yourself?
FFS - It doesn't matter how they sing it and what it sounds like - the correct spelling doesn't alter.
No wonder the country is in a mess.
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