Timeline for What is the difference between "could've" and "could of"? [duplicate]
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| Aug 5, 2015 at 20:31 | comment | added | John Lawler | This is a spelling issue, of approximately the same importance for the future of mankind as the correct spelling of theatre or emphasize. In the real language there is no difference between could've and could of and could have; they're all pronounced the same and understood the same. It's only folks whose sensitivities to spelling were permanently overstimulated in grade school who worry about this. To an English learner, it's irrelevant because it doesn't affect speech. | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 17:03 | history | closed |
tchrist♦ FumbleFingers Hellion choster Janus Bahs Jacquet |
Duplicate of Is "of" instead of "have" correct? | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 17:03 | comment | added | Masked Man | "could of" is usually used by uneducated American teenagers. | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 16:53 | answer | added | Woodrow Barlow | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 15:39 | comment | added | michael_timofeev | Lol...I can't bear to see some of the English used there. | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 15:37 | comment | added | Hellion | (man, was that painful to write.) | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 15:37 | comment | added | Hellion | @michael_timofeev u could of seen it alot by now if u r on Facebook n read the comments their. | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 15:34 | history | edited | Hellion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fix title quotes; duplicate title question in body; remove "please help"; italics.
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| Aug 5, 2015 at 15:28 | comment | added | michael_timofeev | I hope could of never gets a foothold in English...not even informal...has it already? | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 13:16 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 5, 2015 at 12:54 | comment | added | Margana | "Could of" is a misrepresentation of "could've", which is a contraction of "could have", which is where you started. "Could of" is not yet acceptable (and drives some people mad when they see it). | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 12:52 | answer | added | Hellion | timeline score: 22 | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 12:51 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 5, 2015 at 12:47 | history | asked | Sahil Yadav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |