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Old 05-18-2009, 08:07 PM
PatCummings PatCummings is offline
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Originally Posted by kgar311
You must of been sleeping during the race.
I just can't let this one go...

No spelling error here - just a gross misunderstanding of the correct word usage...

"You must HAVE been sleeping during the race" - or - "You must've been sleeping during the race"

Contractions are used to shorten phrases.
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Old 05-18-2009, 08:26 PM
Danzig Danzig is offline
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Originally Posted by PatCummings
I just can't let this one go...

No spelling error here - just a gross misunderstanding of the correct word usage...

"You must HAVE been sleeping during the race" - or - "You must've been sleeping during the race"

Contractions are used to shorten phrases.
glad i'm not the only one (or is it won? ) who is driven a tad crazy by 'of' rather than have.
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