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- From: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: why wOn't for wIll not?
- Message-ID: <898.18.uupcb@pcs.sj.ca.us>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 08:07:00 GMT
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- Reply-To: paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett)
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- TO: sav@nanette.sni.de (Dr.Savory)
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- D>>So here's another question: Where does the "O" in "will not = won't"
- >>come from?
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- D>Would not, could not (see Walrus & Carpenter ;)
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- So why is it "cAn't" and not "cOn't"? <G> Consistency is _not_
- English's strong point, is't?
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