Re: As long as you don't say, "should of" 'cos then I must beat you. 
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- Edit 1Before modification by lyringlas at 23/03/2010 06:48:41 PM
Like a lot of English grammar rules, this is disappearing. Although, as a side note, The Ohio State University is always "THEE Ohio State University". I think people tend to emphasize "the" more if it is followed by a vowel, just by making the initial sound harder. "Thee" is more a word used for emphasis now, or so I've come to notice.
One other interesting word is: have. I hate the fact that it is pronounced as "haff" when you are discussing some necessary action. "I haff to go to the store" as opposed to "I have 20 dollars". I dislike doing things without thinking about them, and society has conditioned me to do this. I haff to not say haff anymore
One other interesting word is: have. I hate the fact that it is pronounced as "haff" when you are discussing some necessary action. "I haff to go to the store" as opposed to "I have 20 dollars". I dislike doing things without thinking about them, and society has conditioned me to do this. I haff to not say haff anymore
I do this, but never realized it till now. It IS funny how that stuff works, huh?
What is up with that Ohio State thing? Are they just that full of themselves? Makes me want to "dot the eye" with a right cross.
I hate when people say "should/would/could/must/etc of" instead of "should/would/could/must have".
As far as the OSU thing...I'm with you. I've never really had school patriotism, etc; however, I've been corrected when updating Faculty CVs that it is "THE Ohio State University", and never just "Ohio State University". So, for job security, I've sadly given in.