Get it right: have/of

January 10th, 2011

I get so pissed off at people that say or write “would of” or “could of” or “should of”. For god’s sake people, it’s not difficult!

The correct phrases are “would have”, “could have” and “should have”. Got it?

Just look at the contractions of those words (would’ve, could’ve, should’ve) if you get confused. The “ve” in each one comes from the word “have” after the apostrophe has replaced the “ha”.

No excuses any more.

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