Shocked and fearful Maine residents are keeping to their homes for a second night as hundreds of police and FBI agents search intently for Robert Card, a U.S.
Shocked and fearful Maine residents are keeping to their homes for a second night as hundreds of police and FBI agents search intently for Robert Card, a U.S.
did you mean wouldn’t have?
No.
I meant what I said and in contemporary English the meaning is clear to readers. Stop being a smart arse.
Descriptive > prescriptive.
makes zero sense though
It makes perfect sense because you understood what was said to try and correct me on it.
only because it’s the dumbest mistake people still regularly seem to make for some reason
Nah, it’s common usage now. You just need to get with the times and stop trying to hold a language to some outdated interpretation.