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  2. From: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett) 
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: why wOn't for wIll not?
  5. Message-ID: <898.18.uupcb@pcs.sj.ca.us>
  6. Date: 19 Nov 92 08:07:00 GMT
  7. Distribution: world
  8. Organization: PCS-BBS - San Jose, CA - 408-270-4085
  9. Reply-To: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett) 
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  12. TO: sav@nanette.sni.de (Dr.Savory)
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  15. D>>So here's another question:  Where does the "O" in "will not = won't"
  16.  >>come from?
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  18. D>Would not, could not            (see Walrus & Carpenter         ;)
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  20. So why is it "cAn't" and not "cOn't"?  <G>  Consistency is _not_
  21. English's strong point, is't?
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  24.  . OLX 3.0 07-2042 . ...from San Jose, CA
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