Re: =SDC= Q88. Knotty problem
- From: mjhardy@xxxxxxx (Michael J Hardy)
- Date: 15 Sep 2007 15:15:39 GMT
Pat Durkin (durk183@xxxxxxx) wrote:
Obaue: Is that the right way to apostrophize this contractionI don't think so. Since the correct statement woulda been "If I had
of "I would have"? -- Mike Hardy
known", then "If I'd known" would be proper. However, in a
story-tellin' dialect, "If I'd'a' known" is understood as a contraction
of the ungrammatical, though frequently heard "If I had ( or "would") of
known".
"I would have known the answer to that one"
---> "I'd'a' known the answer to that one"
There's no "if" in the expression getting contracted. -- Mike Hardy
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