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taog · 05-06-2004, 05:21 PM

I am not sure if this is in the correct forum or not. I haven't really posted since the old boards, and I didn't see any questions forum or anything like that. I think there used to be one, didn't there?

Anyway, if this is posted in the wrong forum, I'm sorry, and can you please move it?

Now that I have that out of the way, here's my question.

Ok, I was talking to a friend about mp3's and bands and stuff like that. The end of the conversation ended with him talking about how Kid n' Play for sure smoked a lot of weed. He ended the conversation with, 'play had to of'.

Now, should this be 'play had to have', or 'play had to of'?

I think it's 'Play had to have' for some reason, but I can't really think of a good reason why. Of just sounds wrong, but people would normally just say 'Play had to've', out loud instead of pronouncing the whole 'have'.

Then i started thinking about other things in this situation like, 'Play would have had to have had to smoke weed to be like he was'. Would that be grammatically correct?

I am kind of confusing the hell out of myself right now.

I NEED HELP FROM AN ENGLISH BUFF OR SOMETHING!!!!

What do you guys think of this?

bah

EDIT

I just read this:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ent...ank/17704.html

And the end of the rant says:

"He would have had to have had, wouldn't he have?"

That makes my brain hurt

05-06-2004, 05:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
taog Crazy Location: London, Ontario, Canada	A little grammar question I am not sure if this is in the correct forum or not. I haven't really posted since the old boards, and I didn't see any questions forum or anything like that. I think there used to be one, didn't there? Anyway, if this is posted in the wrong forum, I'm sorry, and can you please move it? Now that I have that out of the way, here's my question. Ok, I was talking to a friend about mp3's and bands and stuff like that. The end of the conversation ended with him talking about how Kid n' Play for sure smoked a lot of weed. He ended the conversation with, 'play had to of'. Now, should this be 'play had to have', or 'play had to of'? I think it's 'Play had to have' for some reason, but I can't really think of a good reason why. Of just sounds wrong, but people would normally just say 'Play had to've', out loud instead of pronouncing the whole 'have'. Then i started thinking about other things in this situation like, 'Play would have had to have had to smoke weed to be like he was'. Would that be grammatically correct? I am kind of confusing the hell out of myself right now. I NEED HELP FROM AN ENGLISH BUFF OR SOMETHING!!!! What do you guys think of this? bah EDIT I just read this: http://www.livejournal.com/users/ent...ank/17704.html And the end of the rant says: "He would have had to have had, wouldn't he have?" That makes my brain hurt Last edited by taog; 05-06-2004 at 05:24 PM..