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From: Charles Ellson <>
Subject: Re: Need Birth/Death reference 1940's - JACKSON
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:15:59 +0100
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yyOn Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:38:21 GMT, "C Rihan"
<> wrote:

>
>"Jenny M Benson" <> wrote in message
>news:+...
>> In message <KYJEe.23156$>, C Rihan
>> <> writes
>>>I have some letters from some of my relatives which they wrote in their
>>>speaking style , and I'm glad they did. Much better than grammatically
>>>correct English for giving a better picture of the person.
>>
>> But if one is to write the phrase in contention in "everyday" fashion,
>> rather than "Sunday best grammar" one would write "should've". The
>> "Sunday best" version is "should have."
>
>That doesn't demonstrate the way the phrase is spoken unless one
>happens to speak that way.
>
Neither does "should of". "Shud uv" would be closer but equally
nonsensical in written communication.
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