[normalnorm]

> could of

I am not a grammar nazi. I am not even a fucking native English speaker, but what the fuck??? Why is this mistake so prevalent these days?

[badwolf]

Many people contract "could have" to be "could've" which when spoken can very easily turn to "could of"

[normalnorm]

Yes, but this means that you don't understand the meaning of simple words. Doesn't that bother you?

[Caylio]

Grammar nazi.

[istjohn]

Since we're being pedantic, "Nazi" is always capitalized.

[normalnorm]

Regarding the capitalization of "N/nazi" People seem to disagree with you: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/73948/grammar-na...

Regarding being pedantic: well, I'm not sure what to say. I think confusing "could of" with "could have" is a fundamental, terrible mistake. I guess one person's permissiveness is another's idiocracy?

[austinheap]

Oxford dictionary confirms it’s a proper noun: https://www.lexico.com/definition/nazi

No need for StackOverflow conspiracies if we’re lecturing Internet people.

[normalnorm]

Pointing out that it is becoming a common mistake to confuse the verb "to have" with the preposition "of" -> pedantic!

Failing to capitalize "Nazi" according to what the Oxford dictionary thinks is best for a contraction of two German words -> HAHAHAH! You were being a grammar nazi, but ironically you failed to capitalize Nazi correctly.

Ok. You win. I should of known better!