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Fwiw, and OT, but “could’ve” == “could have” and “should’ve” == “should have.” In no scenario would it be “could of” or “should of.”
by LgWoodenBadger 5y ago
Fwiw, and OT, but “could’ve” == “could have” and “should’ve” == “should have.” In no scenario would it be “could of” or “should of.”
- Rendello 5y agoThis reminds me of an interesting problem. In oral speech, I frequently say "wouldn't've" and "couldn't've", but in text form both look completely asinine and aren't generally even recognized by spellcheckers.
- akamoonknight 5y agoLanguage is pretty fun. My favored multi-contraction is y'all'r'nt, similar in flavor of feeling natural/fun to say and use, but looking really ridiculous written out (not even sure I've even done it right...) I feel like there's also something in this topic that relates to things like "going to" getting reduced to "gonna".