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   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 29.01.2025 02:20   
      
    GH>> Would of never... Well, I've had my share of those, and   
    GH>> Could- of-been's too, reading various posts on   
    GH>> forums/boards back in the day. I even remember asking   
    GH>> somewhere, "I wonder if this could be a contemporary   
    GH>> acceptable form of writing it?" :-)   
    AH>   
    AH> The FREE DICTIONARY regards "would of" as a misspelling of   
    AH> "would've" ... according to an entry dated 2024... and that's   
    AH> my take on it. It is  fairly common among kids in grade eight,   
    AH> but most people seem to know  better later on. In grade eight I   
    AH> made notes re what I thought I had  heard in French class. :-Q   
    AH>   
      
   Very soon it will be over. The AI helper answers us any such question and   
   gives as hundred kilograms of examples. ;-)   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2025   
      
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