The only correct usage of "might of" is in the form, "The might of Hercules was great indeed."
"Might've" is fine. It's pronounced exactly the same way, and so I can see your confusion, but that's all it is -- confusion. It's not correct, at all, to use "might of" in place of "might have" or "might've." I would venture to say that when you think you are hearing people say "might of," they are actually saying "might've," and you're mistranscribing the expression in your head.
There are no more keypresses involved in typing "might've" than in typing "might of," either.
The whole point of auxiliary words like "might" and "may" and "should" and "could" and "would" is that they can be removed and the sentence will still make sense.
"I could have gone to the store."
"I have gone to the store."
Notice that this does not work if the word "of" is substituted for the word "have."
"I could of gone to the store."
"I of gone to the store."
Anyway, the point is that I was TRYING to establish what the limits of Celticess's verbal deficit are, so that I know whether to make allowances for it when she writes constructions such as "might of."
Oh, and it's "where you're from," not "where your from." I'm from Nashville, and I'm often embarrassed when people in my city fulfill the redneck stereotype when it comes to diction and grammar.
if u want 2 b chatty then y evn bothr trying to type rite? just go w/ tha flo, dood. it duznt mattr in tha long run, hu kairz about speling n stuf lik that, so wut if comunikashn is lost, just b chatty. |
