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eschaton

Pay_me wrote: »

Complete and utter bull...t. You are probably one of those people who has go at people with regional dialects. Where I come from the spoken form of 'May have' sounds 'Mayof' Now I would never send a formal correspondence using 'May of' but I would use it in informal settings like texts or informal internet settings like this forum. Just because people use it does not mean they do not know the difference.

I stand by the fact that this is an online informal communication if it wasn't I would not be currently replying to a character called eschaton? etc. I would be replying to Dave or Emma and so on with proper contact arrangements and traceability.

In the real world most people have different ways of communicating in the varying settings and contexts of life. I.e. how you communicate with your best mate will be different to how you communicate with a work colleague, which will be different to how you communicate to a stranger. This is the same for both written and spoken English etc. Throw in the fact that people are probably (like me now) typing on a 3 or 4 inch mobile screen where your fingers cover about 2 or 3 letters on a touch pad etc. then I think it is perfectly acceptable to allow regionalisms and short cuts in written English.

In the context of the OP posts there was no need to pick up on the grammar. It was petty and the beauty of language and communication is that as long as the message is understood the point has been made. That fact the other poster took time to comment proves that the communication was successful.

Can't be bothered reading all that is most probably complete drivel.

eschaton

And just to add.

Would of and would have are not comparable regardless of where you live. Read the dictionary for definition of 'of' and 'have'.

Pay_me

eschaton wrote: »

And just to add.

Would of and would have are not comparable regardless of where you live. Read the dictionary for definition of 'of' and 'have'.

So my first assumption about you was correct.

Signing out from this conversation as I am conscious to not hijack another persons thread.

Have a good weekend.

eschaton

Pay_me wrote: »

So my first assumption about you was correct.

Signing out from this conversation as I am conscious to not hijack another persons thread.

Have a good weekend.

Having a great weekend cheers although a bit on the warm side. Feel free to assume what you like about me. < does that face look bothered?

lincroft1710

The contraction is "would have" is "would've" which sounds like it could be "would of" hence the error, although is usually pronounced "wooduv"