Are “should’ve”, “could’ve”, etc. valid short forms of “should have” and “could have”?

This is interesting – if I write “should’ve” (for “should have“), my spell checker underlines the word. Same happens if I do “could’ve” (for “could have“). I use these forms but I’m starting to question if there even is such form and if I’m using English correctly?

I also noticed that “I’ve” (for “I have“) doesn’t get underlines by the spell checker, but “things’ve” (for “things have“) does.

Can anyone explain this?

Answer

There is nothing wrong with those contractions at all. Your spell-checker, like most, is brain-dead.

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Source : Link , Question Author : bodacydo , Answer Author : Brad

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