# Grammar Pet Peeve! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 28, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601 "2004-09-28T04:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**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/65601/1 "2004-09-28T04:19:23Z")
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 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/2 "2004-09-28T04:27:15Z")
My pet Grammar pet peeve is this… “I’m not doing nothing” Grr… Should be “I’m not doing Anything” =) cause you cant not do nothing, cause nothing = Not something, so saying im Not doing nothing is like saying “I’m not not doing something” which is a double negitive which means you ARE doing something lol =) ok im done =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/3 "2004-09-28T04:31:42Z")
its not it’s and vice versa plurals that end in s kids’ too and to ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/4 "2004-09-28T04:35:40Z")
whose and who’s aswell ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/5 "2004-09-28T12:15:15Z")
At least the forum isn’t full of people speaking “l33t,” that would be annoying. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/6 "2004-09-28T13:33:46Z")
I agree with the “of”/“have” thing. Very annoying. Also, “gonna”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “woulda”, “wanna”, etc. Oh! And “whatcha”/“whatchya”/“whatchoo”, as in “Whatchoo doin’?” My boyfriend does that all the time. I can live with that in moderation, I suppose. But then he goes and does “Whenchoo wanna go out?” and even worse “choo busy?” :h: I mean, the whole premise behind this is that “whatchoo”/“choo” = “what are you”, isn’t it? So he’s saying “what are you busy”, which doesn’t make any sense. He could have at least wrote “you busy?” and saved himself a letter. People are strange. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/7 "2004-09-28T14:32:38Z")
I knows i shouldnt of got involved but i dont think noone is gonna listen too this thread and change there ways. But whose going to listen to me? ~ |@C|\_|||@ :love: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/8 "2004-09-28T15:01:57Z")
their, there and they’re as well as your & you’re lets try and use them safely and properly people, cause you’re p\*\*\*\*\*g me off Ⓜ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grammar-pet-peeve/65601/9 "2004-09-28T15:10:57Z")
as well as to & too 🙂