Letter to the editor: Crazy contractions
Lawrence Journal-World opinion section
To the editor:
Would’ve, could’ve, should’ve, it’ll. Why do I keep seeing these contractions in print in the Lawrence Journal-World? My high school journalism teacher would have (yes, “would have”!) fired us from the school newspaper staff for these grammatical travesties. Yet today’s journalists seem to think these peculiar constructions are OK. What’re they thinking? I’d’ve never believed it. But just wait — it’ll prob’ly get worse. I’d never’ve allowed it in the first place.