• BlueCollarRockstar@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know if shouldn’t’ve is grammatically correct but I hear it a lot so it seems like fair play. Same for other contractions that I never see in text, possibly because they’re wrong. Because’ve. He’d’ve.

    Also like I’ma which can’t possibly be ok, but “I am going to” is for suckers.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I think double contractions are cool. Maybe unnecessary, but cool and reflect real-world speech.

      If I may also propose some triple contraction abominations: I’dn’t’ve (I would not have), he’dn’t’ve (he would not have), she’dn’t’ve (she would not have), etc.