a brand new pet peeve

I'm often annoyed by the blatant misuse of homonyms (words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings). Things like your/you're, their/there/they're...
but the most recent and most annoying one has got to be the new misuse of the contraction 've, making it of.
Would of, could of, should of. This is bothering me on some deep level I can't even explain...and what's worse, it's happening in books. At first, I thought the authors were writing it the way their characters thought of it. That can't be, though, because it's just happening way too much.
Contractions! Why are they so hard?

***Edit***
Just noticed this has been discussed in an earlier post...it's distressing to see it in "literature" (or what passes for it in our day) as opposed to a web board, though.

Updated On: 7/13/04 at 11:48 AM

or from our president. I love that his wife is a literacy advocate. Charity begins at home, Mrs. Bush!

As one who has directed a number of shows. My pet peeve is the actor (or someone who thinks he/she belongs on stage) will read words like don't you; won't you; can't you as:
donshoe
wonshoe
canshoe

thus leaving out the "T" altogether

My rule is "There are no SHOES in don't you, won't you, and can't you."

You can thank me now DollyPop.

i just like to say homonyms. Bonus-it's got homo in it.

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Tommyboy -

Don't you remember that song from the 1970's by the soft rock group "Bread"?:

"Baby, I'm a worn shoe
Baby, I'm a neat shoe..."