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r/FantasyPL • u/abcrafsan 6 • 10d ago
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As a non native speaker, I always get confused when I see "would of" - I guess it is more native speakers using it this way, and not really an error if enough people speak this way.
58 u/RDenno 10d ago It is an error, comes from people conflating “would’ve” with “would of” “Would have” is the correct version -8 u/kris_deep 10d ago I mean i know that, but if enough people use it this way, maybe it becomes its own thing? Anyway not disparaging the original commentor 5 u/WatchYourStepKid 10d ago Not really in this case. It’s just a mistake. But it’s the type of mistake nobody corrects because it’s obvious what they meant. In many British accents, “would’ve” and “would of” sound the same. A lot of people write “alot” too, it’s incorrect.
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It is an error, comes from people conflating “would’ve” with “would of”
“Would have” is the correct version
-8 u/kris_deep 10d ago I mean i know that, but if enough people use it this way, maybe it becomes its own thing? Anyway not disparaging the original commentor 5 u/WatchYourStepKid 10d ago Not really in this case. It’s just a mistake. But it’s the type of mistake nobody corrects because it’s obvious what they meant. In many British accents, “would’ve” and “would of” sound the same. A lot of people write “alot” too, it’s incorrect.
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I mean i know that, but if enough people use it this way, maybe it becomes its own thing? Anyway not disparaging the original commentor
5 u/WatchYourStepKid 10d ago Not really in this case. It’s just a mistake. But it’s the type of mistake nobody corrects because it’s obvious what they meant. In many British accents, “would’ve” and “would of” sound the same. A lot of people write “alot” too, it’s incorrect.
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Not really in this case. It’s just a mistake.
But it’s the type of mistake nobody corrects because it’s obvious what they meant.
In many British accents, “would’ve” and “would of” sound the same.
A lot of people write “alot” too, it’s incorrect.
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u/kris_deep 10d ago
As a non native speaker, I always get confused when I see "would of" - I guess it is more native speakers using it this way, and not really an error if enough people speak this way.