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Donnageddon · 01-03-2011, 10:12 PM

I tend to be more informal. "would've" is gonna be "woulda".

Now that is gonna confuse the first year ESL student.

01-03-2011, 10:12 PM	#2
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	I tend to be more informal. "would've" is gonna be "woulda". Now that is gonna confuse the first year ESL student.