27 Feb 14
Originally posted by KewpieOf course He should've used would've 😏
There's an Australian author - Jon Cleary - who's written a large number of fiction novels in perfect English, except that he always uses "would of" for "would have" wherever it's being spoken. OK, maybe Aussies pronounce it would've rather than would have, but we don't say would of unless we're ignorant. I enjoy his books but that "would of" always grates.
01 Mar 14
Originally posted by SahuaroWhen I use Siri on my phone and say a lot it comes out as two words not one. So these people should learn something.
Yeah. I love it when parents argue with me and claim that alot is one word and I'm wrong in teaching their children to write a lot.
Don't get me started on mines instead of mine, I won him instead of I beat him, and Valentimes.
01 Mar 14
As my research turned up, altogether and already have become accepted English, although they don't mean (as merged words) quite the same thing as they did when they were separated words. But from the same source, alright is not yet accepted English and should not be used in the written form. Alright always looks wrong to me anyway.
We seem to have snuck in although and always without anyone noticing ...