Dear Ann Landers,
Dear Ann Landers: Have Americans forgotten there is such a thing as verb tense? I am shocked when I hear people say 'woulda came,' 'coulda went,' 'shoulda did,' 'woulda took,' 'had went,' 'hadn't came' and so on. Don't they realize 'woulda' and 'coulda' are slang versions of 'would've' and 'could've' -- which are contractions for 'would have' and 'could have

Dear Ann Landers,
Dear Ann Landers: Have Americans forgotten there is such a thing as verb tense? I am shocked when I hear people say 'woulda came,' 'coulda went,' 'shoulda did,' 'woulda took,' 'had went,' 'hadn't came' and so on. Don't they realize 'woulda' and 'coulda' are slang versions of 'would've' and 'could've' -- which are contractions for 'would have' and 'could have

Dear Ann Landers,
Dear Ann Landers: Have Americans forgotten there is such a thing as verb tense? I am shocked when I hear people say 'woulda came,' 'coulda went,' 'shoulda did,' 'woulda took,' 'had went,' 'hadn't came' and so on. Don't they realize 'woulda' and 'coulda' are slang versions of 'would've' and 'could've' -- which are contractions for 'would have' and 'could have

Dear Ann Landers,
Dear Ann Landers: Have Americans forgotten there is such a thing as verb tense? I am shocked when I hear people say 'woulda came,' 'coulda went,' 'shoulda did,' 'woulda took,' 'had went,' 'hadn't came' and so on. Don't they realize 'woulda' and 'coulda' are slang versions of 'would've' and 'could've' -- which are contractions for 'would have' and 'could have

Dear Ann Landers,
Dear Ann Landers: Have Americans forgotten there is such a thing as verb tense? I am shocked when I hear people say 'woulda came,' 'coulda went,' 'shoulda did,' 'woulda took,' 'had went,' 'hadn't came' and so on. Don't they realize 'woulda' and 'coulda' are slang versions of 'would've' and 'could've' -- which are contractions for 'would have' and 'could have