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        Rule "could of (have)"
This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.
| Description: | could of (have) | 
| Message: | Did you mean <suggestion>have</suggestion>? ('\1 \2' is probably an incorrect use of the verb phrase '\1 have'; as contraction "\1've" sounds like "could of") | 
| Category: | Commonly Confused Words | 
| Link: | https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-could-of-or-could-have/ | 
| Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:  | 
                    
                        
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| ID: | COULD_OF [1] | 
| Version: | 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-03 22:33:08 +0100) |