2022-01-29
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C – could of +
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Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression:
Could of
In normal speech,could have sound likecould’ve,
which in turn sounds likecould of.
Not onlycould of but alsomay of, might of, should of,and would of are illiteracies.
Of is not a verb.
“I could have (not could of) paid the bill.”
Couldn’t is a contraction ofcould not.
Drop the negative part of the phrase
when using it withscarcely andhardly:
“Hecould hardly see the road through the heavy fog.”
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary
Could +
This is one of those errors typically made by a person
more familiar with the spoken than the written form of English.
A sentence like “I would have gone if anyone had given me free tickets”
is normally spoken in a slurred way
so that the two words “would have” are not distinctly separated,
but blended together into what is properly rendered "would’ve.”
Seeing that “V” tips you off right away that “would’ve”
is a contraction of “would have.”
But many people hear “would of” and that’s how they write it. Wrong.
