Asked by caleb

Most of these phrases could appear in a document that uses standard written English. Which phrase is NOT standard written English?

couldn’t have been

haven’t had

wouldn’t of

will have been

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"wouldn’t of" is not standard written English. The correct form is "wouldn’t have" (or the contraction "would’ve"), since "of" is not the auxiliary verb.