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“Coulda Shoulda Woulda” Posted by on Mar 9, 2012

“Woulda coulda shoulda”  or “coulda shoulda woulda” and “shoulda coulda woulda” are all expressions that mean the same thing; they express a feeling of regret or second-guessing. These expressions (really all just variations on one expression) all use an informal form of  the conditional subjunctive verb tense: would have = would’ve = woulda, could have…

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