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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by triceratops on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:03PM (#23586774)
Off-topic, but just a tip. "could of" is never correct (nor is "would of" or "should of").
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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by zo1 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:15PM (#23586876)
Or could-have, which I think is more applicable in the sentence you're correcting. Or am I missing some obscure grammar rule?
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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by triceratops on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:21PM (#23586939)
No you aren't missing anything. "could of" (and its cousins "would of" and "should of") are common mistakes made (interestingly) almost exclusively by English-as-first-language speakers (my observation, so don't ask for citations I don't have any), since they sound similar to "could have", "would have" and "should have" particularly in "native" English accents (I'm thinking North American and UK especially).

I've never seen "could-have" (hyphenated) though. I don't think that's right either.

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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by silasrude on Saturday June 20, 2020 @10:48PM (#23589342)
It's the contraction of could have. "I could've been a contender Charlie!"
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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by hooloovoo_zoo on Saturday June 20, 2020 @05:30PM (#23587480)
It's just misspelled. 'Could've' is a standard contraction.
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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by zo1 on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:04AM (#23590831)
I did misspell it in my comment. It definitely should have (should've? :) ) been written as "could have".
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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by triceratops on Saturday June 20, 2020 @07:23PM (#23588306)
"Could-have" is misspelled? Or "could of"?
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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by jpmoral on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:31AM (#23589771)
It's "could have" or "could've".
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Re:Executive order expected to suspend H-1B, other visas unt... by triceratops on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:45AM (#23590138)
Right
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