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Thread #104142   Message #2128815
Posted By: Rog Peek
18-Aug-07 - 05:52 PM
Thread Name: Malapropisms
Subject: RE: Malapropisms
Should've is an abbreviation for should have where the 'ha' is dropped and replaced by an apostrophe. It is quite often written as 'should of' by those who believe that this is correct.