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Grammar

must of vs must have

0 Are the two sentences below have the same exact meaning or they slightly differ from each other01span02span00?01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span01span02span02br
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01font001. With drugs for pain, anxiety, and insomnia he 01b00must of felt02b00 some kind of pressure.02font02br
00 2. 01font00 With drugs for pain, anxiety, and insomnia he 01b00must have felt02b00 some kind of pressure. 02br
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02br 02br 01font 001. 02font 00 01font 00'Must of' is not correct grammar. 02font 02br 02br 00 2.

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 01font 001.
  • 02font 00 01font 00'Must of' is not correct grammar.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00 2.
  • 01font 00With drugs for pain, anxiety, and insomnia01font 00,02font 00 he 01b 00must have felt02b 00 some kind of pressure.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 02font 0-
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01del00Are02del00 01b00Do 02b00the two sentences below have the same exact meaning or 01b00do 02b00they slightly differ from each other00?02br
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01font001. With drugs for pain, anxiety, and insom
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0 Thank you very much for the explanation. 02br
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00Just wanted to tell you that I took that phrase01i00 must of01span02span01span02span00 02i00from a native American who writes a blog (she seems to be educated)01span
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0Perhaps she wants to sound "popular, folksy" 050010id16
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01cite10Unlimited12cite10Just wanted to tell you that I took that phrase11i10 must of11span12span11span12span10 12i10from a native American who writes a blog (she seems to be educated)11span
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01cite10Unlimited12cite10she seems to be educated12blockquote
10Appearances are often deceiving. She meant 'must have'.02br
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must of is improper
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This is a very old post but it's been very useful to me. Thank you!
Recently, I got a few lessons from a native american "teacher" who told me that "could of" was correct. I told her that I heard a sentence in a movie that left me thinking. It was in a Star Wars movie (he, great dialogs!) were someone said "Who could've done this?"
She almost drove me nuts, because I was (almost) sure she
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Hi,



could have.



could of is not correct English.



Clive
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As stated earlier in this important thread, the phrase is "must have", and the allowable written contraction is "must've". Verbally, it becomes "must of".

There are many examples where popular phrases in written English have been overtaken by the verbal onslaught of electronic media.

Another is "for all intensive purposes", where the correct phrase is "for all intents and p
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