‘Would Of’ or ‘Would Have’?

Amelia Zimmerman
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3 min readMay 21, 2020

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When people say or write would of, should of, could of or might of, they really mean would have, should have, could have or might have. For example:

I would have been an only child if it weren’t for IVF.

I would of been an only child if it weren’t for IVF.

You should have studied harder for the exam.

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Amelia Zimmerman
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