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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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