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Re: Modern manglings of the English language
Posted By: Jimmy, on host 206.229.91.132
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2000, at 14:18:30
In Reply To: Re: Modern manglings of the English language posted by Darien on Wednesday, May 3, 2000, at 10:32:15:

> The expression "I'd of" or, more commonly, "I would of" *really* bothers me. The context for that is: "I'd of used proper grammar, except that I'm a doofus."
>

One that sorta bugs me, at least in writing, is "try and", as in, "I'll try and finish it", rather than "I'll try to finish it".