Figures of Speech That Should Disappear Forever

[Runwildboys]

"Should of..."

"Could of..."

"Would of..."

"May of..."

These are markers of illiteracy, and I am a veteran of a thousand psychic wars over the last 25 years of the internet trying in vain to stamp them out forever.

I've mostly given up. Another couple of years and they'll probably be considered okay, like "irregardless".

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I've never heard that one. Maybe it's regional?

If you listen the Cowboys podcast you’ll hear them often say it, specifically Patrik Walker.

 

[ratkinson]

If you listen the Cowboys podcast you’ll hear them often say it, specifically Patrik Walker.

It was in heavy rotation a few years back. I don't hear it as much nowadays.