To refuse to engage with anyone who uses of instead of have?

[ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear]

That's it.

[clpsmum]

You are definitely NOT being unreasonable

[notnowbernard]

When written, spoken or both?

I find it more irritating in print

[fassbendersmistress]

Good luck with that.

(YABU)

[Frogisatwat]

No. Gets up my nose too.

[WorraLiberty]

I could of written that OP myself

YANBU

[snice]

you should of put this in Pedants' Corner hun

[Trills]

You have no obligation to engage with anyone on MN.

If you apply this rule in real life you may find yourself in some difficult situations, particularly if you have a job.

[Stealthpolarbear]

Yabu I'm afraid :)

[ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear]

Ha. Ha. Ha.

[PleaseNoMoreMinecraft]

I cringe inwardly every time, YANBU! It does seem much worse written down than spoken, doesn't it - not sure why, maybe because it seems like it could just be a slip of the tongue if it's spoken.

[ReadyToBreak]

YANBU!

[ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear]

I don't have a job. So that's ok then.

[ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear]

Sod off stealth.

[ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear]

[moggiek]

YANBU! I mark down student papers for this!

[halfdrunkcoffee]

When I was 15 and attending an English lesson in a French school, I wrote something like "Adrian Mole is fed up of" and the teacher corrected my English. I should have written "fed up with".

It does irritate me when I see things like "could of" and "should of" written down. It's not so obvious when spoken as they sound similar to have.

[youmakemydreams]

When spoken it's would've should've could've rather than of. When it's written down it's just plsin wrong. I am noticing it more and more and can finally see what drives people to correct others spelling and grammar in a thread although I have resisted.

[bikermouse1]

But why would it affect your olfactory senses, op?

[Edenviolet]

Mil uses he's instead of his. Drives me mad.....

[MsVestibule]

I'm a grammar/spelling pedant and loads of minor errors irritate me. However, I just have to accept that not everybody has been blessed with an innate understanding of this like what I have.

[ExitPursuedByAKoalaBear]

You've got me there biker. Don't understand.

[bikermouse1]

Sozz, not op's nose wot was offended/afflicted....'twas froggy's .

[Stealthpolarbear]

Me neither

[Stealthpolarbear]

Ahhh x post that makes more sense

[Topseyt]

I don't tend to say anything about it, but I rarely respond to those threads even if I could contribute a useful reply.

It irritates me. It is one of my pet hates (of which I admittedly do have a fair few), and it is 100% wrong.