Timeline for What is the proper contraction for “should not have” [duplicate]
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| May 4, 2019 at 20:15 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| May 4, 2019 at 17:56 | history | duplicates list edited | tchrist♦ | duplicates list edited from Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. "I'ven't")? to Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. "I'ven't")?, Is "I'd've" proper use of the English language? | |
| May 4, 2019 at 17:53 | history | closed |
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Duplicate of Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. "I'ven't")? | |
| May 4, 2019 at 17:51 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | ’Tisn’t too much to wonder where you’ll’ve gotten the idea that contractions are ever “proper”, nor to wonder what “proper” even means. | |
| May 4, 2019 at 14:48 | comment | added | mahmud k pukayoor | @PeterShor So, you mean informally it's okay. Thanks! | |
| May 4, 2019 at 14:36 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @mahmud koya ... that's only good advice if you're writing formal English (as google developers are supposed to be; hence this advice in their style guide). Shouldn't've would be fine in dialog in a novel, or email to a friend. | |
| May 4, 2019 at 13:06 | comment | added | mahmud k pukayoor | Don't use double contractions developers.google.com/style/contractions | |
| May 4, 2019 at 12:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 4, 2019 at 12:48 | comment | added | Peter Shor | It's commonly written "shouldn't of", which is a homophone. But you probably don't want to do that, as people might think you don't understand grammar. | |
| May 4, 2019 at 12:33 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | What @Janus said. Google Books seems to have less than a dozen written instances of the "awkward-looking" she shouldn't've, but there are probably thousands of instances of she shouldn't have. | |
| May 4, 2019 at 12:06 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | The second apostrophe is generally left out for aesthetic reasons, but yes, that’s it. Or shouldna If you prefer. Whether it’s ‘proper English’ depends entirely on whose definition of what’s ‘proper’ you choose to adhere to. It’s perfectly proper if you go by my definition. | |
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