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13. You could of spelt "could've" correctly

13. You could of spelt "could've" correctly

While we're on the topic of grammar, somebody please explain to me who started writing "could've" as "could of" and "should've" as "should of" and "might've" as "might of". Like, in the following sentence:

"My feet hurt! We could of taken the bus but you insisted on walking."

What the above sentence is SUPPOSED to look like:

"My feet hurt! We could've taken the bus but you insisted on walking."

This has got to be one of my biggest pet peeves. It's not even a grammatic mistake. What is this? It doesn't make any sense!

Since clearly you guys did not learn this stuff in elementary school, here's a quick lesson for you:

Contractions are shortened versions of words created by omitting letters and replacing them with apostrophes. Yes, that's right, those tadpole thingies that look like commas but aren't, because they're apostrophes. Examples: instead of saying "I am", you say "I'm". Instead of saying "could have", you say "could've".

Not "could of"!! Just because it sounds the same, doesn't mean it is the same! If that were the case then I guess people will start buying their mothers sacks of flour instead of flowers, and everyday in the shower people will wash their hare instead of their hair. Right? No!

I WISH I had a pet hare.

I just realized what a gigantic grammar freak I sound like, but come on, half the world's population are grammar freaks. So do us all a favour and learn what contractions are, pretty please. :)