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  1. "Would of" (for "would've) and other modal+"of" phrases are surprisingly common in literature – see the link below for loads of examples

    But I've seldom if ever seen both at once: "would've of" (from Jim Nesbit's novel Lethal Injection) [1/2]

    stancarey.wordpress.com/2012/1

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