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To: discostu

I don’t think would of and would’ve will ever be accepted substitutes for one another. Not in standard English anyway.


91 posted on 11/03/2011 11:18:03 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Sure they will. 99% of what you and I have written today wasn’t acceptable English a few hundred years ago. Heck a good chunk of it wasn’t even not acceptable English not that long ago. Evolving languages evolve.


93 posted on 11/03/2011 11:21:58 AM PDT by discostu (How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
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