Hello.
Could you please explain me the purpose of using "shouldn't of" instead of "shouldn't have" in the novel by Terry Pratchett "The Color of Magic"?
“No pink, See?” screeched the homunculus. “No good you going on pressing the lever when there’s no pink, is there? If you wanted pink you shouldn’t of took all those pictures of young ladies, should you? It’s monochrome from now on, friend. Alright?”
Pratchett is an educated person. I don't believe he wrote that by mistake. What does this phrase mean?
Could you please explain me the purpose of using "shouldn't of" instead of "shouldn't have" in the novel by Terry Pratchett "The Color of Magic"?
“No pink, See?” screeched the homunculus. “No good you going on pressing the lever when there’s no pink, is there? If you wanted pink you shouldn’t of took all those pictures of young ladies, should you? It’s monochrome from now on, friend. Alright?”
Pratchett is an educated person. I don't believe he wrote that by mistake. What does this phrase mean?