"of" for "have" in "would have" constructions

[Dennis R. Preston]

MW is clearly wrong. It shows up in a great deal of writing, even at
the college level.

dInIs


>It strikes me as one of those differences between the written and
>spoken language. I think the MW entry points out that it shows up in
>writing when dialect and dialogue are being shown. The only
>interesting thing about my example was that it wasn't in either of
>those contexts.
>
>Misanalysis. Reanalysis. Whatever you call it. I educate myself by
>reading this list since my one and only formal linguistics class was
>a million, billion years ago. Hence my query as to the underlying
>process.
>
>---Amy West
>
>>Date:    Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:10:40 -0500
>>From:    "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
>>Subject: Re: "of" for "have" in "would have" constructions
>>
>>Funny. I'd call it a stage in the history of the language.
>>
>>dInIs


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