# Wouldn't've **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [July 18, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948 "2004-07-18T06:18:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Illuminae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@Illuminae](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Illuminae)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/1 "2004-07-18T06:18:12Z")
So how does one turn “would not have” into a contraction? wouldn’tve? wouldn’t’ve? wouldnt’ve? im lost here, help me out. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/2 "2004-07-18T06:18:49Z")
aak! this has been annoying me forever! I like the way in the title, wouldn’t’ve ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/3 "2004-07-18T06:19:38Z")
maybe just wouldnt’a ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/4 "2004-07-18T06:21:10Z")
hm… that sounds like a cheap method, and you still don’t have a apostraphe between n and t, your way should be “wouldn’t’a” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/5 "2004-07-18T06:45:32Z")
The apostrophe means that something has been left out. The full version is wouldnothave. And so the shortened version is wouldn’t’ve. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/6 "2004-07-18T06:47:00Z")
but you can’t have two apostraphe’s can you? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/7 "2004-07-18T06:58:31Z")
The title is correct here is the rule that makes it corrects for anyone who wants to know. “Double contractions, while allowed in common speech, are disallowed in writing. Example: Wouldn’t’ve. The correct form of this is either “would not have” or “wouldn’t have.” “Would not’ve” is also not allowed.” Hope I helped ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/8 "2004-07-18T07:00:02Z")
you helped but you remove the fun ☹ it’s ok 😛 :), it’s still fun to talk like “common speech”! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/9 "2004-07-18T07:04:30Z")
> [@bombingpixels](#): > > you helped but you remove the fun ☹ > > it’s ok 😛 :), it’s still fun to talk like “common speech”! lol sorry to ruin the fun bombingpixels ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/10 "2004-07-18T07:05:49Z")
it’s ok 😛 I still am having fun 😛 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/11 "2004-07-18T07:15:09Z")
It’s very simple: Don’t use it, or try to. Wouldn’t have works fine. Wouldn’t’ve just looks awkward. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/12 "2004-07-18T07:19:46Z")
I like to just go with w’’'e ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/13 "2004-07-18T07:20:53Z")
I like ethan’s way most, I’ll try that out a couple of times, thanks 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/14 "2004-07-18T13:18:48Z")
On a slightly related subject, last night while inebriated I noted that my mates new t-shirt bore the slogan " hav’in a bad day " I suggested it would be appropriate to burn the monstrosity, which was met with general agreement. So we took it off his back wrapped it round a big stick, doused it with lighter fuel and made a paganistic sacrifice to the gods of grammar. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/15 "2004-07-18T14:43:47Z")
haha, thats… pretty weird oh and thanks vdam for clearing that up ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/16 "2004-07-18T14:58:56Z")
At times like this I simply make up a new word. How about Wudjntve? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/17 "2004-07-18T15:00:10Z")
lol good idea 😃 looks like proper grammar to me ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/18 "2004-07-18T16:54:31Z")
> [@redGolgi](#): > > So how does one turn “would not have” into a contraction? wouldn’tve? wouldn’t’ve? wouldnt’ve? im lost here, help me out. Wizzle’nt’hizzle? Sorry, there is no variation of “would not have” in street. Americans from the deep South seem to have a great understanding of this sort of linguistic nuance. For example, “you” and “all” would be y’all. And the plural of “y’all” would be “all y’all”. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/wouldntve/57948/19 "2004-07-18T16:59:00Z")
y’all know, the only time’s I’ve used y’all is in latin 😛