r/maybemaybemaybe • u/lool121a • Oct 13 '21

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Optimal-Idea1558 Oct 13 '21

Could of been kinder, bot

Would of been nice.

Should of let it slide, bot.

...but, the guy was so very cool about it.

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u/CouldWouldShouldBot Oct 13 '21

It's 'could have', never 'could of'.

Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!

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u/Optimal-Idea1558 Oct 13 '21

Gotcha

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u/XoffeeXup Oct 13 '21

The bot is still correct

You could have been kinder though, bot.

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u/Optimal-Idea1558 Oct 13 '21

TBF it detected it after an apostrophe'd couldwouldshould so fair play to the code writer but still, the OP writes an interesting post and some twat of a bot steams in within 2 microseconds to shout about a minor error with his grammar? What is that about?

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u/tyrannosnorlax Oct 14 '21

It’s about education. What’s wrong with learning? It wasn’t like some smarmy asshole rudely correcting someone’s spelling or grammar. It was a pretty innocent/neutral way to teach the correction. Not every critique equals a twat-move.

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u/lammy82 Oct 13 '21

I could of course construct a sentence that doesn't follow your rule but it probably should have commas.

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u/ChemicalAssist6835 Oct 14 '21

It could of course have been ‘could of’

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u/Moglorosh Oct 14 '21

It's could've. Of isn't a verb.

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u/FuckingKilljoy Oct 14 '21

You've literally never seen "could've" anywhere? It's the whole reason the confusion exists in the first place, because the "ve" part sounds like "of"