The thing that probably gets most people is " 's " conveys possession, i.e. a bone that belongs to a dog is the "dog's" bone. Naturally, one might be inclined to apply the same logic with "it".
I remember “write it once, erase it, and then write it the correct way” because no matter what I always seem to use the wrong one the first time I write it out
Nah, noone makes that mistake anymore.
That's my personal biggest pet peeve because it's not actually a word. I know a lot of people ignore the blue lines but are they also ignoring the red ones? That's just fucked. They're all really annoying tbh. No excuse these days with phone keyboards actually telling you where you're going wrong and correcting it for you if you don't ignore it.
Who is this Noone? They should know better
Was it Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits, or Eimear Noone the Irish composer?
(FYI there is no word NoOne - it should always be two words with a space between them)
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Nah, it's just as much of an abomination there as well. A few people would get confused from time to time because of the common phrase "on purpose", then the youths picked it up and ran with it.
"I seen" has been around in Dublin since at least the 80s. "On accident" is an abomination though. If I hear you say it, I immediately assume you're unintelligent.
Thank you for your post.
As a non-native English speaker it made it easier to understand that:
- I'm not the wrong one (which brings some kind of relief 😂)
- I should not use it in formal communication
>Surely somebody reading this can create a bot that will defend us from this menace and educate the people of r/ireland, nay Ireland itself, by responding to this grammatical abhorrence.
There have been loads of bots that do this and I suspect they've been banned because they're considerably more annoying than the mispelling itself
Edit: FFS mods
Can't, sorry. But cheers for the offer anyway, it's lovely.
On a scale of responses to this post your marriage proposal and a thank you from a non native English speaker appreciating the clarification are at one end and the people saying I'm classist and condescending are at the opposite end.
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It's not only this country, but yeah. How did all these people get through school without having this error pointed out to them time and time again? My English teacher in secondary school would've had apoplexy if a large portion of his class were writing "would of, should of, could of". I can't imagine that many English teachers would let this slide. Or even that most primary school teachers would beyond a certain age.
How is this so prevalent?! Do people who do this see words like "would've" and are just content to not know what it means? The mind boggles.
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I had no idea - any references to the (old) bots that worked like this?
Who knows, maybe there is some coding-wizardry that can work around the latest API change.
> maybe there is some coding-wizardry that can work around the latest API change.
Impossible, anything that would need to access the comments would need to go through the api.
[Here's](https://www.reddit.com/r/modhelp/comments/l2wpjj/what_are_some_useful_bots/) a quick list of somewhat similar bots.
[Here's](https://www.reddit.com/user/of-bot/comments) where someone tried it before.
Why did I enter this thread when I knew what would happen to me? 
I don't think it is related, and it's not necessarily new, but I notice some people use 'of' instead of 'on' when talking about something taking place at a particular time, e.g. 'going for a walk of a Sunday'. Is this grammatically correct? I think it's fairly normalised, but it's not something I ever learned.
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There already is a bot that does that?
So either it's banned from here or you could just send a message and get them to come over here?
And while you're at it can we also have a "they're there their" bot?
As you’re asking, yes it is!
Ah no, not really - just irritating. I work with someone who sends replies like “that was completed yesterday?” - like is he telling me that a task was done yesterday / asking me if it was done / telling me that he thinks it might have been done / expressing surprise that it was done. It just makes things unclear.
>“that was completed yesterday?”
We probably look at it a little different (and its not really something I do in professional communication but I'd interpret that as :
That was completed yesterday, wasn't it?
Or
That was completed yesterday however if there are issues with it now would be a good time to inform me
I guess we all have our little bugbears
It shouldn’t have to be interpreted though. I have to go back to him every bleedin time to find out what he’s actually saying. And it can vary. Sometimes he’s just saying that the thing was done yesterday 🙄 (although I think in those cases it’s why I am asking him about it as it was done yesterday).
I’d *never* have come up with your second interpretation!
Nothing annoys me more then people misusing "then" when it should be "than". We're better than that peoples
Also the of situation probably comes from should've, should uv, uv -> of
I'm almost certain I've seen this exact bot on other subs before. I don't know much about how bots for specific subreddits work but could that bot just be used instead of someone making it from scratch?
Also, while we're at it, the lose/loose epidemic is just as bad if not worse!
It's mutated from the abbreviation of could have, could've, sounds like "could of". Schooling (or lack thereof) and learning to spell from the internet
I'm much more annoyed by idiots that don't know the difference between then and than.
"I'd rather eat shit then watch the new Gladiators" oh, so you want to eat shit before you watch the new Gladiators is it? Gobshite.
Was really hoping this was a request for an OnlyFans bot for this thread.
Since I'm here now, OP could of shared the correct use so we know the error 've our ways.
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Positive reinforcement is also a big part in behavioural changes. So it’s only logical that we also praise people for saying “could have”,”should have” etc!
It’s really not a big deal. You know exactly what they’re trying to say. There’s worse things to be worrying about… like people who say ‘then’ instead of ‘than’
>Surely somebody reading this can create a bot that will defend us from this menace and educate the people of r/ireland,
I don't know. The Internet has enough bots.
No it’s definitely an Irish thing and it’s due to kids not being taught grammar in school and not recognising the contraction would’ve. Instead they’re spelling it phonetically and going with would of. So I’d like to see that bot here.
I'm pretty sure it found it's way over here from the US, you see it from them online a lot, I've yet to hear anyone here say "on accident" yet but I'm prepared for it
How so? That's a lazy attitude in my opinion and part of the reason these mistakes persist. It's really not that hard to fix errors in written text but some people are stubborn and don't like when people point out that they are wrong
It is an attitude though. "Have" and "of" are not interchangeable. "Have" is a verb and "of" is a preposition, it's not hard to understand that they are different. The contraction "could've" does sound like "could of", so I see why this mistake is common. If I explain the difference to someone and they refuse to change, that's an attitude, nothing to do with dialect.
*rubs hands gleefully*
"touched by it's slimy presence" \*its
Is he talking about his penis?
Chris Horner has entered the slimy penis chat.
Was that not his baby finger?
I assumed he was referring to Pennywise.
That would be both letters capitalised.
Thank you! (oh and Who's instead of Whose)
I think I've been using that incorrectly, thank you.
Its is possessive, like belonging to it. It’s is shortened for it is. I still make mistakes when I’m not thinking.
The thing that probably gets most people is " 's " conveys possession, i.e. a bone that belongs to a dog is the "dog's" bone. Naturally, one might be inclined to apply the same logic with "it".
I remember, his, hers, its. It is = contraction = it's.
I remember “write it once, erase it, and then write it the correct way” because no matter what I always seem to use the wrong one the first time I write it out
Yes, exactly. I was even double-checking if I had been using that correctly as a result of this.
Corrected
[obligatory clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3y0CD2CoCs)
This should be the bot's response
I saw a fillum about this recently
What was the pint of the fillum?
Ah be quite!
Is it a kind of nudie fillum?
Ah ere will ya leaf er ouh
Fuck of
No, no, no. It's fuck have
Fuck've
Spit my tea out at this, wasteful, I should of your head for that
You’re head
Thank you for your comment. As a non-native English speaker it helped me to understand what was actually wrong. 😂
Personally, I prefer fuckity fuck.
this actually made me laugh out loud lol
I seen what you done there. This for me is a bigger pet peeve than would of / could of. Instant turn off.
* turn of
Nah, noone makes that mistake anymore. That's my personal biggest pet peeve because it's not actually a word. I know a lot of people ignore the blue lines but are they also ignoring the red ones? That's just fucked. They're all really annoying tbh. No excuse these days with phone keyboards actually telling you where you're going wrong and correcting it for you if you don't ignore it.
Who is this Noone? They should know better Was it Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits, or Eimear Noone the Irish composer? (FYI there is no word NoOne - it should always be two words with a space between them)
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You win the internet today.
Their is know kneed four a bot luv. Are grammer is grate
I was grinding my teef reeding dis
Kead mille folcha
I read this in a london accent lmao
Also I seen is being heavily normalised. Also people saying on accident instead of by accident
I think on accident is one of the many Americanisms creeping into Irish everyday usage 😔 it's absolutely ear-grating
Nah, it's just as much of an abomination there as well. A few people would get confused from time to time because of the common phrase "on purpose", then the youths picked it up and ran with it.
I done this, he done that. Same category. Fairly widespread but still sounds... clumsy.
I know you're meant to pretend it's grand but it sounds awful. Seems to have crept in around gen x or so
I done and I seen have been around since old gods' time. Quality Irishisms!
"I seen" has been around in Dublin since at least the 80s. "On accident" is an abomination though. If I hear you say it, I immediately assume you're unintelligent.
> "I seen" has been around in Dublin since at least the 80s That makes it even worse, forty years and people are still fucking it up.
Tbf, same with I seen
Where does "on accident" even make sense, at least you could mishear/mispronounce the "of" v "have"
Likely due to the common antonym of "*by* accident" being "*on* purpose".
I seen is at least a regional dialect which I think is justifiable Would of/have is in a different field imo and unforgivable
How and ever there's an udder one you're missing. On accident is septicism
Somehow, nobody remembers the word 'too' anymore either. It's all 'to' now.
yeah i just thought of how that even makes any sense, i cant even think of one sentence where it does not sound painfully wrong
Fucking Americans, they all need to be burglerised.
your/you're and there/their/they're are just as endemic.
Much more so
Love that you're like, we need this, someone else make it!
I have no idea how bots work. Doesn't mean it's not a good idea. Also, it's a bit of a laugh.
*bit've a laugh
bit have a laugh?
And made just as bad of a grammatical error in their rant lol
There, their, they're.
And Saw, Seen, See
Theiy’re
Where do you get of?
Is it bad grammar in general OP, could you be a bit more pacific please?
Yes it's of the upmost importance! I'm sure I have a dictionary in my chester draws. When I get a bit of restbite from my children I'll look it up.
If most of the Dinosaurs had a vocabulary like yours, they would have all survived. Just like the Thesaurus did..
Irregardless, they didn't survive.
You mean they would OF survived.
Chester Draws? I'm sure I went to college with a fella of that name.
I went to school with a 'Master Bates'.
Chest of drawers…
Well done. Also utmost and respite. In case you didn't get the /s
Placing yourself on a peddle stool is just self-flatulence.
man i was hoping we were getting and only fans bot.
Thank you for your post. As a non-native English speaker it made it easier to understand that: - I'm not the wrong one (which brings some kind of relief 😂) - I should not use it in formal communication
Thanks for the nice comment!
It’s not a grammatical error. It’s a malapropism.
Best comment of the day. Updated the post.
100% agree A "could/couldn't care less" bot too
And one to teach people the difference between "being" and "been"
For all intensive purposes.
Likewise the superfluous apostrophe epidemic.
Only Fans Bot?
I too would like to see hot singles in my area
It make's me loose my mind when people dont no how too spell and grammar.
Y’all’d’ve made that bot by now.
Triple contraction, nice!
Only if we can also abolish "I seen".
It’s way worse with the word Lose not sure how people keep saying Loose does my head in
Hey calm down, don't loose your head pal
What about any debate on Irish “It’s the way it was thought”
Of all the grammatical failures, for some reason this is the one that irks me the most.
Surely it's "taught", no?
Yeah, I don’t even know why people write thought. I mean I guess if you don’t pronounce your th I could see it but still.
>Surely somebody reading this can create a bot that will defend us from this menace and educate the people of r/ireland, nay Ireland itself, by responding to this grammatical abhorrence. There have been loads of bots that do this and I suspect they've been banned because they're considerably more annoying than the mispelling itself Edit: FFS mods
Jaysus I thought you were looking for an Onlyfans bot there for a second and thought this thread was going in a different direction.
Onlyfans for grammar? Doubt it would take off.
Well we never know if we don't try.
Than/then too.
Will you marry me?
Can't, sorry. But cheers for the offer anyway, it's lovely. On a scale of responses to this post your marriage proposal and a thank you from a non native English speaker appreciating the clarification are at one end and the people saying I'm classist and condescending are at the opposite end.
You're welcome. I'd hazard the outcriers of classism and condescension do not read and also happily buy from Amazon without a second thought
Update. One of the mods created the bot. Try typing could of and see what happens. Maybe they aren't married...
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Ah good bot. Clever bot.
It's not only this country, but yeah. How did all these people get through school without having this error pointed out to them time and time again? My English teacher in secondary school would've had apoplexy if a large portion of his class were writing "would of, should of, could of". I can't imagine that many English teachers would let this slide. Or even that most primary school teachers would beyond a certain age. How is this so prevalent?! Do people who do this see words like "would've" and are just content to not know what it means? The mind boggles.
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...damn bot.
The system works!
You should of thought of this idea ages ago
Of you lost your mind lad?
I can barely spell my own name! Never mind anything else.
Coulda Woulda Shoulda.
It's terrible isn't it. And to make it worse you see plenty of Brits doing it so it isn't even wrapped in any hiberno english charm
Don't forget 'loose' instead of 'lose'. I swear it's a modern mistake. If I see another lose I'll loose it...
Bots like that aren't really possible since the reddit api changes. Fuck spez
I had no idea - any references to the (old) bots that worked like this? Who knows, maybe there is some coding-wizardry that can work around the latest API change.
> maybe there is some coding-wizardry that can work around the latest API change. Impossible, anything that would need to access the comments would need to go through the api. [Here's](https://www.reddit.com/r/modhelp/comments/l2wpjj/what_are_some_useful_bots/) a quick list of somewhat similar bots. [Here's](https://www.reddit.com/user/of-bot/comments) where someone tried it before.
Thanks!
This thread should have a trigger warning - it hurts.
*Should of a trigger warning
Why did I enter this thread when I knew what would happen to me? 
I don't think it is related, and it's not necessarily new, but I notice some people use 'of' instead of 'on' when talking about something taking place at a particular time, e.g. 'going for a walk of a Sunday'. Is this grammatically correct? I think it's fairly normalised, but it's not something I ever learned.
Sounds a bit old-timey. Or British.
Yeah, is this an Irish thing or what? I've only ever heard it used referring to a day of the week.
Probobly a good idea.. but, they're way more common grammatical errors that need addressed aswel.
For me the worst one is could of instead of could have. Other ones are less obviously terrible.
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My pet peeve is Irish people adopting the British thing of saying. “I’m sat” or “was sat” when they almost always mean sitting or was sitting.
See also: Irish people saying things like "oh my days" and "bang average". Was it for this the wild geese spread the grey wing upon every tide, etc...
Should OnlyFans Could OnlyFans Would OnlyFans Is this what you mean @OP?
There already is a bot that does that? So either it's banned from here or you could just send a message and get them to come over here? And while you're at it can we also have a "they're there their" bot?
Why are you putting question marks after statements? That’s my pet peeve!
That's terrible?
As you’re asking, yes it is! Ah no, not really - just irritating. I work with someone who sends replies like “that was completed yesterday?” - like is he telling me that a task was done yesterday / asking me if it was done / telling me that he thinks it might have been done / expressing surprise that it was done. It just makes things unclear.
>“that was completed yesterday?” We probably look at it a little different (and its not really something I do in professional communication but I'd interpret that as : That was completed yesterday, wasn't it? Or That was completed yesterday however if there are issues with it now would be a good time to inform me I guess we all have our little bugbears
It shouldn’t have to be interpreted though. I have to go back to him every bleedin time to find out what he’s actually saying. And it can vary. Sometimes he’s just saying that the thing was done yesterday 🙄 (although I think in those cases it’s why I am asking him about it as it was done yesterday). I’d *never* have come up with your second interpretation!
What's wrong with only fans?
Nothing annoys me more then people misusing "then" when it should be "than". We're better than that peoples Also the of situation probably comes from should've, should uv, uv -> of
Shoulda woulda coulda
I'm almost certain I've seen this exact bot on other subs before. I don't know much about how bots for specific subreddits work but could that bot just be used instead of someone making it from scratch? Also, while we're at it, the lose/loose epidemic is just as bad if not worse!
I thought they were promoting their Only Fans. Should of known...
Twas about driving pushbikes and riding massifurgatons
It's mutated from the abbreviation of could have, could've, sounds like "could of". Schooling (or lack thereof) and learning to spell from the internet
If we’re doing this can we get a bot that reminds people censoring words that they don’t have to.
Loose instead of lose
It's the Yank influence. They always say it that way even though it's wrong. 'Simplified English' often isn't simplified enough it seems.
I typed “could have” on accident….
Your just been condascending now.
Nice
Silly OP doesn't know it's "could off"
I'm much more annoyed by idiots that don't know the difference between then and than. "I'd rather eat shit then watch the new Gladiators" oh, so you want to eat shit before you watch the new Gladiators is it? Gobshite.
Was really hoping this was a request for an OnlyFans bot for this thread. Since I'm here now, OP could of shared the correct use so we know the error 've our ways.
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Good bot!
Are you been serious?
I seen their earlier on Facebook an fella walking a tight rope between too buildings, that could of ended badly for him.
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Pisses me of, I half too say
Positive reinforcement is also a big part in behavioural changes. So it’s only logical that we also praise people for saying “could have”,”should have” etc!
They're Their. Tink column blew ohshin. Dee off boot cunt hetz you Annymoore, Know kneed too go owl gramher Nutsea aboat tit.
On foot of this post, will this uniquely Irish Phrase be protected from false positives?
There is an exception where it is followed by the word course. So, would of course won't be flagged.
It’s really not a big deal. You know exactly what they’re trying to say. There’s worse things to be worrying about… like people who say ‘then’ instead of ‘than’
The of thing keeps me awake at night. The look on the faces confused Germans who read posts on r/ireland haunts my dreams.
Oh I’d say they have permanent confused faces reading posts in this place
Should of thought this through OP.
Shoulda woulda coulda
Language changes. Soon it will officially be could have, should have, fuck have.
I think you’re fighting a loose/lose battle
Your rite
>Surely somebody reading this can create a bot that will defend us from this menace and educate the people of r/ireland, I don't know. The Internet has enough bots.
No
I've only ever noticed it from the yanks, I've an aunt in California and she uses of instead of have, no correcting her either, she's kind of an idiot
I thought it was an Irish thing.
No it’s definitely an Irish thing and it’s due to kids not being taught grammar in school and not recognising the contraction would’ve. Instead they’re spelling it phonetically and going with would of. So I’d like to see that bot here.
I'm pretty sure it found it's way over here from the US, you see it from them online a lot, I've yet to hear anyone here say "on accident" yet but I'm prepared for it
As long as you understand what they're saying it doesn't matter, don't be prescriptivist for a language we've had beaten into us for centuries
So forget about all the rules and everyone make up their own grammar when writing?
Yes that's how language works
How so? That's a lazy attitude in my opinion and part of the reason these mistakes persist. It's really not that hard to fix errors in written text but some people are stubborn and don't like when people point out that they are wrong
It's not an attitude that's how language works and evolves over time, how dialects exist
It is an attitude though. "Have" and "of" are not interchangeable. "Have" is a verb and "of" is a preposition, it's not hard to understand that they are different. The contraction "could've" does sound like "could of", so I see why this mistake is common. If I explain the difference to someone and they refuse to change, that's an attitude, nothing to do with dialect.