General_Effort@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoI know just the audience for thislemmy.worldimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageI know just the audience for thislemmy.worldGeneral_Effort@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareJinni@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoIt is moments like this where I wished docker didn’t exist. Could have made some news headlines.
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago Could of have made or Could of Could’ve made
minus-squareJinni@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoHow dare you correct my high in the morning ass! That being said, I made the edit. I bet it made the comment better.
minus-squareNeilBrü@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoMy sincerest apologies for killing a delectable morning buzz, but my eye twitches due to my slight 'tism when I see the “should/could of” error. It’s not you. It’s me.
minus-squarerimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI wonder if this is a mistake only native speakers do, because I (as non native speaker) don’t understand why anyone would mistake “of” for “have”.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoIt’s because when it’s said aloud, many of us just truncate the “have” ('ve) and it sounds like “of”. Then we go to type it and often type what we think it sounds like…
It is moments like this where I wished docker didn’t exist. Could have made some news headlines.
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How dare you correct my high in the morning ass!
That being said, I made the edit. I bet it made the comment better.
My sincerest apologies for killing a delectable morning buzz, but my eye twitches due to my slight 'tism when I see the “should/could of” error.
It’s not you. It’s me.
I wonder if this is a mistake only native speakers do, because I (as non native speaker) don’t understand why anyone would mistake “of” for “have”.
It’s because when it’s said aloud, many of us just truncate the “have” ('ve) and it sounds like “of”. Then we go to type it and often type what we think it sounds like…