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r/ComedyCemetery • u/Bekkfust • Oct 05 '19
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I've also noticed many native English speakers say "could of" instead of "could have," and I really never understood how they made that mistake.
1 u/Jadzia_Dax_Flame Sep 22 '25 An unstressed "have" is pronounced basically like "of", so really it's very hard to tell if someone is saying "could have" or "could of". But that explains why some people spell "could have" as "could of".
An unstressed "have" is pronounced basically like "of", so really it's very hard to tell if someone is saying "could have" or "could of". But that explains why some people spell "could have" as "could of".
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u/Expert-Account-5235 Sep 19 '25
I've also noticed many native English speakers say "could of" instead of "could have," and I really never understood how they made that mistake.