@ohlaph@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoWhat is something crazy that happened at work?NSFWmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down16
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something crazy that happened at work?NSFW@ohlaph@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 9 months agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-square@Plibbert@lemmy.mllinkfedilink20•9 months agoWhat an absolute piece of shit. Could of destroyed someone’s life. I wonder if that was the first time.
minus-square@TheGreenGolem@lemm.eelinkfedilink13•9 months ago“Of” never follows could/should/would. Ever.
minus-square@cowfodder@unilem.orglinkfedilink4•9 months agoShould “of” ever follow “would” or “could”?
minus-square@rooster_butt@lemm.eelinkfedilink8•9 months agoIt could, of course, be done. If you ignored punctuation.
minus-square@Plibbert@lemmy.mllinkfedilink3•9 months agoYeah to be honest I don’t know why I write it like that. I know it’s not right, outlook corrects me almost every day. One of those weird things my brain does, maybe a habit from when I was a kid idk. I do it without realizing.
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink8•9 months agoTo extend what TheGreenGolem said, what you have understood as “could of” is actually a contraction of the words “could” and “have” into “could’ve”
What an absolute piece of shit. Could of destroyed someone’s life. I wonder if that was the first time.
“Of” never follows could/should/would. Ever.
Should “of” ever follow “would” or “could”?
It could, of course, be done. If you ignored punctuation.
Yeah to be honest I don’t know why I write it like that. I know it’s not right, outlook corrects me almost every day. One of those weird things my brain does, maybe a habit from when I was a kid idk. I do it without realizing.
To extend what TheGreenGolem said, what you have understood as “could of” is actually a contraction of the words “could” and “have” into “could’ve”