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Why YSK?

The first person who typed "should of" probably heard of it in real life that was meant to be "should've", they typed "should of" online and readers thought that it's grammatically correct to say "should of" which is in fact wrong and it became widespread throughout the years on Reddit.

I hope something could start to change.

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[-] Confuzzeled@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

What I'm hearing is we need to set up some kind of formal governing body to properly enforce the grammar rules of English. Maybe Hugo boss could make some uniforms.

[-] Exitlude@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

It doesn't necessarily have to invoke that kind of imagery. Spanish has the Royal Spanish Academy and within my lifetime they have removed a couple of letters from the alphabet (ch, ll).

[-] Confuzzeled@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ah I was just being glib to try and be humorous. Alas my "sense of humour" rarely gets the response looked for. I will keep working on it.

[-] RedundantObsession@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I slightly changed my breathing pattern after reading your comment, if that helps. Not full nose-blow-funny, but you caused a small, positive reaction. Keep it up!

[-] Confuzzeled@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, the feedback is appreciated. I'll try and work my way up from heavier breathing pattern to semi snort, and from there? the sky's the limit.

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I guess that would finally settle the colour vs color debate

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