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Oooo, good one. I hate it when people write what they think they've heard, without pausing to see whether or not it makes any linguistic sense.Originally posted by Dauphin
Could of, should of, would of, might of etc.
Could've, should've, would've, might've damnit.
I can't tell you the number of student papers I used to see in which, instead of saying "let alone" -- as in, "He couldn't even afford bus fare, let alone his own car" -- a student would write, "He couldn't even afford bus fare, little lone his own car."
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Except he's dead wrong, the correct words are:Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Oooo, good one. I hate it when people write what they think they've heard, without pausing to see whether or not it makes any linguistic sense.
I can't tell you the number of student papers I used to see in which, instead of saying "let alone" -- as in, "He couldn't even afford bus fare, let alone his own car" -- a student would write, "He couldn't even afford bus fare, little lone his own car."
Could have, should have, would have, might have etc.
Which I posted earlier.
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i thought you were joking, not being mistakenly pedantic. My bad. He's right, though. " 've" is a legitimante contraction of "have," just as "n't" is of "not" and " 'd " is of "would." "Should've" is as correct as "don't" or "you'd."Originally posted by Tuberski
Except he's dead wrong, the correct words are:
Could have, should have, would have, might have etc.
Which I posted earlier.
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Neither actually, I just barely figured out what he was meaning.Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
i thought you were joking, not being mistakenly pedantic. My bad. He's right, though. " 've" is a legitimante contraction of "have," just as "n't" is of "not" and " 'd " is of "would." "Should've" is as correct as "don't" or "you'd."
I really need to sleep more.
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