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Apple nixes plans to incorporate under-glass Touch ID in 'iPhone 8,' insider says
This is a phonetic corruption of the abbreviated form of "would have", i.e. "would've" written as, "would of". It's surprisingly common.anantksundaram said:
I cannot understand a plausible sentence construction in the English language where the word "of" follows the word "would" without punctuation (e.g., with a comma, wherein it would, of course, be possible).pulseimages said:Steve Jobs would of gotten it done!
Punctuation would, of necessity, render the quoted sentence meaningless.
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Apple rejects indie game The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth over child violence
And yet the same game is available in the resolutely kid-friendly Nintendo eShop. I think that tells you everything you need to know about how imbecilic Apple's current vetting policies are.
