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Too many "what got cancelled too soon" questions, what's a show that went on too long?

Hard mode: no The Walking Dead

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[–] Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After Jim and Pam's wedding it could of ended, the quality was already going on. The only redeeming thing to me after Steve Carrell left was Robert California and even then I could of done without that.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could HAVE. Never "of"

Could have/could've

Should have/should've

Would have/would've

People think it's "of" because the contractions sound like it. "Could've" sounds like "could of", but it doesn't make any sense (of isn't even a verb at all) and a lot of people don't even think about what they're saying.

[–] AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is one of my biggest pet peeves tbh it's like grade 3 level English and so many people get it wrong. 90% will get extremely defensive about it as well "I dIdNt ReAlIzE tHiS wAs An EnGlIsH eSsAy"

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

It’s ALWAYS native English speakers that fuck it up too. My dumbest mates always hit me with the “of” and it’s baffling.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. See the other reply to my comment.