- Jul 10, 2003
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Thou shall not write "should of"
Thou shall not write "could of"
Thou shall not write "would of"
Amen to that
Thou shall not write "should of"
Thou shall not write "could of"
Thou shall not write "would of"
Thou shall not write "should of"
Thou shall not write "could of"
Thou shall not write "would of"
"Could he?"
"He could, of course"
"Could he?"
"He could, of course"
Thou shall not write "should of"
Thou shall not write "could of"
Thou shall not write "would of"
A pub landlord engaged a signwriter to paint him a new sign for his pub, the "Duke of York". After a few days the completed sign was delivered. The landlord was mostly happy, but said to the signwriter "Could 'of' be a bit closer to 'Duke', please?"
No comma.
No ellipsis allowed either
You're a spoilsport, you are.
See you in Paris for a Fruit de Le mer and a glass of champagne
My old Jesuit moral theology professor used to say that 90% of human unhappiness is caused by not being able to tell "I want" apart from "I need", and from confusing means with ends.
What the other 10% was caused by, I am no longer able to recall.
Fruit de mer.
You can't say "de le" in any case, it becomes "du".