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Originally Posted by SydneyK
grammar tangent
As an educator, I find it alarming how many students have a decent GPA, yet use the phrase 'would of'. While it bothers me that students do it, it bothers me more that they get away with it as often as they do.
/grammar tangent
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Does it bother you when spoken, or only in print? Because I say "would've" all the time, and I imagine it sounds pretty indistinguishable from "would of." But I've never meant to say "would of" or typed it that way. I realize "would've" is not a proper contraction even in spoken form, but it's how I verbalize "would have." (I also sometimes further contract it to "I'd've", which is always "I would have" in my head, not "I'd of.")
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