I’d’ve never believed it if I hadn’t’ve seen them: double contractions

I never gave it much thought, but there is such a thing as a double-contraction in English. There are many of them.

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Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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    Judah August 21, 2012 Reply

    Yes, there are many such double contractions, but you’ll notice that “hadn’t’ve” is *not* covered in the Wikipedia category that you link to, and if you expand it, you’ll see why: “hadn’t have” is painfully redundant.

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