People think it’s “of” because the contractions sound like it. “Could’ve” sounds like “could of”, but it doesn’t make any sense (of isn’t even a verb at all) and a lot of people don’t even think about what they’re saying.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves tbh it’s like grade 3 level English and so many people get it wrong. 90% will get extremely defensive about it as well “I dIdNt ReAlIzE tHiS wAs An EnGlIsH eSsAy”
I wasn’t even rude, just gave information. Wtf is your problem here? Do you just hate communicating properly, and sharing information? Honestly don’t get the reaction.
Could HAVE. Never “of”
Could have/could’ve
Should have/should’ve
Would have/would’ve
People think it’s “of” because the contractions sound like it. “Could’ve” sounds like “could of”, but it doesn’t make any sense (of isn’t even a verb at all) and a lot of people don’t even think about what they’re saying.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves tbh it’s like grade 3 level English and so many people get it wrong. 90% will get extremely defensive about it as well “I dIdNt ReAlIzE tHiS wAs An EnGlIsH eSsAy”
Exactly. See the other reply to my comment.
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I wasn’t even rude, just gave information. Wtf is your problem here? Do you just hate communicating properly, and sharing information? Honestly don’t get the reaction.
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