Why do people spell "could've" as "could of"?
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Because they are not very educated.It irritates me as well.
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"I wish I were."  It's the subjunctive mood.  Any time you express uncertainty like that - as in you're not sure if you're going - you have to use subjunctive.
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5\nMany people miss the F in the word "OF" because it sounds like a "V".
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What if you could spell "what"?
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spell correctly, maybe use "check spelling"
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"were" is the correct usage. It's subjunctive usage, meaning that it is imagined or wished or possible, rather than reality.
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Maybe they don't like how you spell.
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It's actually quoted as an example even in the Oxford Dictionary. They say it's spoken English and used instead of "why". I agree with those who think it's not excellent English, but you know, use sometimes is sovereign and creates rules of its own!
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Do you know how to spell?
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It's believed to have been abreviated from Oll Korrect, used in Boston newspapers during the 1800's, as a deliberate misspelling of All Correct.\n\nApparently they liked using abbreviations apparently.
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maybe we would have if you could learn how to spell
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Because you can't spell it.
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If spelling is so important (and I believe it is) why do we have two 'English' speaking countries spelling words differently? Examples of this is in America, red, green, yellow are "colors" yet in England and Australia they are "colours". \nIn the past the idea of spelling words as they sound was considered, however the word covering this style of spelling is "Phonetic spelling". Yeh, like that will catch on. Maybe if it was called 'Fonetic" it might have stood a chance. Anyway, as the English language is always developing and the original meanings of words are being lost, so is the ability to spell correctly.
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In the good old honest days was was correct of course.  But then the fashions changed and because high society in London started saying were, were became accepted as correct.\nIt's still officially correct, but was is now also accepted (it's made a welcome come-back.)  It will resume it's rightful place in our time.  I already use it and what I don't know about English usage is not worth knowing.
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I've asked this question.  Most people just don't care about their spelling, and they claim to be in too much of a hurry to use Spell Check.  They are idiots.
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hahahaha That is a Rhetorical question.....and yes you did spell it correctly!!!!
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Simple reason, they can't spell or write properly, just like you!