A few days ago
Can I use “could’ve” instead of “could have” in a formal presentation?
My lecturer doesn’t allow me to do so because it’s too informal. Is she right?
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A few days ago
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Any formal communication should use full words, never use abbreviations or similar. When you think about it, by using could’ve instead of could have, you are only saving two key strokes anyway!
With the advent of the Internet, text messages etc., people are becoming lazy and use “shortcut” words too often.
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A few days ago
Yes. Contractions only used very informally.
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A few days ago
You can but for a professional looking presentation I would avoid shortening and go with “could have”. It will present better with your verbal presentation.
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A few days ago
You could pronounce it “could’ve” (unless this is a speech class), but you must spell it out in writing.
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A few days ago
yep
im pretty sure that you can
once i asked my english teacher
the same thing and they said ‘yes’
so im pretty sure that you can use it
hope that helps =)
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A few days ago
its your way of telling and of course you can
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A few days ago
yeah she’s right. u cant use them
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