On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:26:12 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
wrote:

On Oct 24, 7:33*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"Sam E" wrote in message

Yeah, I know the roots of the mistake, but is everyone sleepwalking
these days? This one is becoming my favorite peeve of late.

Then that "of" *gets further corrupted to "a" stuck on to the
preceding word.

He shudda known better

Improper. Correct is "He shudda knowed better"

Harry K

I "knowed" it. I "telled him not to do dit", but he "do dit it any
who".