she've
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[edit]Contraction
[edit]she've
- Contraction of she have.
- 1871, Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies:
- 'That wife o' thine. She's an entertainen woman, not to speak disrespectful.'
'She is: and a winnen one. Look at the husbands she've had—God bless her!'
Usage notes
[edit]- Generally used in rendering dialectal speech, though possibly also applicable to the subjunctive case.