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Old 30-10-07, 03:08 PM   #44
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Default Re: Americanisms

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Originally Posted by Ed View Post
This is not an Americanism, it's a Britishism.

Use of 'could of' instead of 'could have'. Similarly, 'would of', 'should of', 'might of'. It's 'have', not 'of'.
oooh, dont get me started on that one too. Really, really winds me up.
I'm a bloody foreigner who learnt english and i get that right...how lazy are the natives if they go by what they hear and not waht they read or were taught to write???
Grrrr
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