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[โ€“] aeki@slrpnk.net 88 points 2 years ago (23 children)

I am really happy when people are quite strict in code reviews, it makes me feel safer and I get to learn more.

Nothing worse than some silent approvals with no real feedback. What if I missed something obvious... and now it's merged.

To be fair, I also enjoy getting my grammar corrected. I'm juggling 3 languages and things can get messy.

[โ€“] reflex@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

Like the other guy, I also read your comment twice looking for mistakes but found none.
You should of left something to fix!
๐Ÿ˜

Edit: I'm glad there so many people who are as passionate about the correct spelling of "should've" as I am. I was testing you all, and you passed!

[โ€“] ironhydroxide@partizle.com 13 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Correcting the reviewer.
Notes: "should of" isn't valid, should implies a verb, of isn't a verb. I expect you meant "should have". Please recall this in future submissions.

[โ€“] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They should of course keep that in mind, but it's not that "should" should always be followed by a verb directly. The problem is that "of" in this context is a mishearing/spelling of "have", so they should in this case have written it like that instead.

[โ€“] Huschke@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love that you used "should of" in a valid sentence.

[โ€“] Doug@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

Except that it would be "they should, of course,".

[โ€“] jadero@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

I would argue that "should of" is just a naive written rendition of the spoken contraction "should've". They are homophones, so it's a completely understandable error among those without the relevant education or background. I know only English and was in Grade 9 at a different school before someone corrected me.

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