Pronunciation Pontifications, Part Tres

This one makes me wild...

Contractions. They are two words put together, where an apostrophe represents letters that have been removed from the second word.

Should've = Should HAVE
Could've = Could HAVE
Would've = Would HAVE

NOT:
Should of
Could of
Would of

Again, if you just hear someone pronounce "should've", you might think they are saying should OF. If you then say "should of", most likely no one will know that you are saying the wrong word. They'll think you're using the contraction "should've". But when you go to write "should of", your jig is up.

Have you ever seen the word written as "should'f"????



Oh that's right....you don't read.