As a US speaker, I have read it but seldom hear it. It is certainly understandable and grammatical but, in my experience at least, it is somewhat uncommon. I associate it with British English, but that is just my take. --Tim
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 6:19 PM, Daniel Naber <daniel.na...@languagetool.org> wrote: > On 2014-08-08 11:46, Kumara Bhikkhu wrote: > > > I wonder if this is a bit too nitpicky: > > > > I googled "I've a", and found it quite common: > [...] > > To me, it's just how a casual verbal expression is accurately > > reproduced in writing. > > Could other English native speakers confirm this? > > Regards > Daniel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Languagetool-devel mailing list > Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel >
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