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Originally Posted by HarryT
I recently read something in which the author had (completely consistently) used the word "of" instead of the abbreviation 've; eg "we should of gone out", "we might of done this", "we could of done that". Of course I realise that "should've" sounds like "should of", but to actually write "should of" is really going too far.
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If it was within speech or a first-person narrative that fit the character I wouldn't have a problem with it, but I'd agree when it's anywhere else. Still something for the editor to fix though.