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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Of

Hi.

"Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen may of been overpriced but in the opening 20 minutes he's shown he's worth every penny." [From the BBC sport website.]

Does the preposition "of" substitute the grammatical "have" in the sentence?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Yes, it's a typo.

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  • Yes, it's a typo.
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AnonymousDoes the preposition "of" substitute the grammatical "have" in the sentence?
No, it's a typographical error.
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AnonymousHi."Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen may of been overpriced but in the opening 20 minutes he's shown he's worth every penny." [From the BBC sport website.]Does the preposition "of" substitute the grammatical "have" in the sentence?Thank you.
It's an error that many people make when writing. In normal speech, what we often hear is more like 'of' than 'h
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Thank you, Ivanhr, MM, Philip, for your useful replies.
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