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Bookmark or Share- grammar - "I would've been" or "I should've been" - English Language ...Perhaps: "I would've/should've been a father, butd to be a father. For most listeners, the idea that you should have been a father would naturally be included no matter which way you said it. We can make the second part of the sentence more conventional. Perhaps: "I would've/should've been a father, but my (our) child died due to a cord ...
- Are "should've", "could've", etc. valid short forms of "should have ...Not necessarily; anybody who thinks that's the correct spelling is likely to pronounce it the same way as somebody who thinks that should've or should have is the correct spelling. Spelling is not the same as pronunciation, and while it's true that sometimes some people say the /v/, it's much less likely in any given instance.
- punctuation - Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. "I'ven't ...I've seen a contraction of two words. I can't see why it wouldn't've been possible to have been contracted twice. Is it possible and how should it be punctuated? Update: Ok, to sum up the answe...
- word usage - Should've kept or should've keep - English Language ...Let's say I want to say something I should've do, do I use the past tense or normal I should've kept the information / I should've keep the information Which one is right and why? Thank you so m...
- grammar - Should have went vs Should have gone - English Language ...This is similar to the question Why is the phrase "should have went" so widely used?, but I'd like to specifically ask the difference between the two phrases, and why "should have gone" is
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