An instead of And

[Zandy595]

When did it become acceptable to replace the word "and" with "an"?

It drives me nuts when I read something like, "my friend an I went to the movies". I know it's not a typo because I see it all the time (here on the DIS). Is it really that difficult to type the "d"? Come on people, it's a completely different word that doesn't mean the same thing.

 

[Ginny Favers]

Hmm. I am a writer an I have never seen that before.

 

[Jennasis]

Probably around the time it became acceptable to say "of" instead of "have". As in "You should of grabbed a fast pass". Drives me bonkers.

 

[capshockeygrl]

I've seen it here occasionally, but not enough to think it was anything other than a typo/autocorrect (which yes, does stupid things once in a while).

 

[Robbi]

I can say that posting here, several times I have caught the mistake before I submitted the post. If someone is typing, they may think they hit a key hard enough but didn't, especially those like me who have to look at the keys and not the text in order to post.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I've seen it here occasionally, but not enough to think it was anything other than a typo/autocorrect (which yes, does stupid things once in a while).

I use my phone to DIS from work and my auto correct doesn't pick it up if I pass over the "d". I know the difference between the two and usually catch it, but I'm sure I have missed it.

 

[Zandy595]

Hmm. I am a writer an I have never seen that before.

LOL

Probably around the time it became acceptable to say "of" instead of "have". As in "You should of grabbed a fast pass". Drives me bonkers.

I know what you mean, I can't stand that either.

 

[ashley0139]

I always assume that is a typo. I will continue to believe that since the grammatical errors on here are already enough to make my head explode. "Should of" is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

I use my phone all the time to post and I miss the d occasionally. I also screw up of when I hit the I and it turns into if.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I use my phone all the time to post and I miss the d occasionally. I also screw up of when I hit the I and it turns into if.

Or "so" into "do" and "do" to "so"

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I figure that happens from people who spell phonetically. Maybe they don't realize there is a "d" on the end, especially if they don't visualize the word.

 

[Zandy595]

I don't have a smartphone, so I didn't take auto-correct into consideration. I will try not to judge so harshly when I see these mistakes. It will silently drive me insane though.

 

[BadgerGirl84]

Grammar errors usually bug me (I'm not perfect when writing informally on the DIS, but I try to be mostly correct) and I haven't picked up on this one yet. I would assume that it's a typo not picked up by auto-correct in most cases.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I don't have a smartphone, so I didn't take auto-correct into consideration. I will try not to judge so harshly when I see these mistakes. It will silently drive me insane though.

Don't worry... It drives the Smartphone users crazy too!

I had a funny typo the other day. I told someone to wash with "soup" instead of "soap"! Lol

 

[Handbag Lady]

Drives me to drink.

 

[KimR]

I only know of one poster who consistently does this and I honestly think she doesn't know any better. Other than that, I'd just chalk it up to a typo.

 

[topolino]

I'm a stickler for grammar too, but this is one error that I don't see all that often. I tend to agree with others who say it's probably a smartphone auto-correct issue.

I figure that happens from people who spell phonetically. Maybe they don't realize there is a "d" on the end, especially if they don't visualize the word.

You really think there are people that are posting in English on message boards that don't know how to spell the word, "and"?

 

[snapppyd]

I honestly have not seen or heard this one.

 

[scoutie]

I haven't seen that before, but what drives me crazy is seeing "prolly".

 

[Pea-n-Me]

You really think there are people that are posting in English on message boards that don't know how to spell the word, "and"?

Yes, based on some of the things I've seen.