{"id":7281,"date":"2023-10-27T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=7281"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:26:07","slug":"would-have-or-would-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/would-have-or-would-of","title":{"rendered":"When to use \u201cwould have\u201d or \u201cwould of\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">It\u2019s Saturday morning and you\u2019re trying to tell your friend why you couldn\u2019t make it to dinner last night. You would of gone if you hadn\u2019t gotten the flu. Actually, is would of gone the correct way to say that? You may confuse would of and would have because of they sound so similar. 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