've

've

This contraction of the verb have is normally added to pronouns or to modal verbs such as might and would:

• I've had my eye on both of you —D. Raymond, 1985

• You would've thought at least she could've cut the bubbles off —Margaret Foster, 1986.

Double or multiple contraction is a feature of some writing that seeks to reproduce conversational language:

• Can't've been a nightmare then, can it? —Pat Barker, 1991.