have/of

Have is a verb. As an auxiliary verb, it often follows modalauxiliaries such as would, should and must.

The rocket would have been sent up yesterday, but theweather was bad.

Of is a preposition. It is almost alwayspreceded by a noun or a main verb and followed by a noun phrase.

The delay of the rocket firing was due to badweather.

In designing the rocket, the engineers thought of everythingbut the weather.

Never use of after a modal auxiliary; use have.

We must of made a mistake.

We must have made a mistake.

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