With this post, I expose to you my deepest vulnerability; the most virulent of all my bêtes noires.
I accept that—with a little interpretation, perhaps across a noisy room—the words “have” and “of” could be construed as homophonic. However, to follow the past tense of “will,” there is only one possibility from the two choices presented.
Would HAVE. At a stretch, I’ll plump for “would’ve.” But please, never “would of.”
What better way to advertise that you were thrown out of a stonemasonry apprenticeship for being less erudite than the very stone you were working, than to say “would of?”
I know what you’re trying to do, but seeing as it’s French, shouldn’t it technically be bêtes noirs?
hay wtf guy, OF and HAVE are just simple words, what homophobic about em, leave it all alone.?
jesus chill out
p.s. i had erudites once, i got well mashed!! cya
Wait, are they actually saying “would of” or is it just their pronunciation of “would’ve”? I suspect it may be the latter.