# Couldn't of/couldn't have

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**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-of-couldnt-have/918156 "2020-08-15T05:34:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couldnt-of-couldnt-have/918156/16 "2020-08-15T15:34:31Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> “Could of” in speech does not bother me; what bugs me is those who write “of” instead of “have”. IIRC, there is a recent thread on this board with “of” instead of the correct “have” in the title.

I believe you’re thinking of

> [@Could biden of beaten trump in the ' 16 election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-biden-of-beaten-trump-in-the-16-election/918044/1):
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> I remember back in 16 everyone and his 4th cousin wanted Biden to run when he was still in the glow of the Obama admin and he had a bunch of reasons of why he didn’t want to (something he seriously regrets at least not running in the primaries apparently)
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> But say he did run and win the nom would the tide of “get that moslem ni–er and all he stands for out of the white house and America” sewage of overwhelmed him also?
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> Note that was the quote used for the exact reason I was told that people voted for trump in these parts … as long as a candidate promised that they’d of voted for a potted pant apparently

Which is fingernails on a chalk board as the OP keeps repeating his novel spelling, run on sentences, shifting grammatical POVs, etc.

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