Why YSK?

The first person who typed “should of” probably heard of it in real life that was meant to be “should’ve”, they typed “should of” online and readers thought that it’s grammatically correct to say “should of” which is in fact wrong and it became widespread throughout the years on Reddit.

I hope something could start to change.

  • a_rational_llama@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    and as long as it’s understood by the target audience

    Duy’ou-ndarstend Diz?

    Understanding written text is more difficult when the existing established conventions that impart meaning are ignored.

    Sure, those conventions evolve over time, some errors are worse than others, and no one’s going to write perfectly all the time. But that doesn’t mean anything goes and the writer has no responsibility to write clearly and correctly.