# Grammar Pet Peeve!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/123863>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 28, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/123863 "2004-09-28T04:19:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Adam1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adam1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Adam1)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/123863/1 "2004-09-28T04:19:23Z")

</div>

Ok, I’ve been a member here since last February, and I’ve read A LOT of posts. The thing I can’t figure out is why so many people use “of” instead of “have” in certain places

ie.

“I should _of_ done such and such such”

should be:

“I should \*have \*done such and such”

I know it sounds like nit-picking but I’ve seen it like 50+ times misused…and it drives me nuts…

ok, my rant is done 😃