I sha'n't participate. (Edit: coun't me out.)
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The Death of Contractions
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I sha'n't participate. (Edit: coun't me out.)
nrand
Friend of Leo's
My oldest daughter just gave birth to my second grandson by Cesarean.
She skipped the contractions altogther
She skipped the contractions altogther
Manual Slim
Friend of Leo's
Nah, each one is independent of the rest.
Thanks for pulling another out of me though!
Nuns don’t have contractions because they won’t let you get into the habit
Awww I just knew you really cared!
Doomguy
Tele-Holic
I am a history major, write a lot of historical papers. One of the big rules of writing historical papers is to not use contractions and type out the full phrase. I had to focus on not typing the contractions so hard that it bled into my normal typing.
esseff
Friend of Leo's
Time for the old joke.
A man in a maternity ward is holding his pregnant wife's hand and she suddenly screams, 'Isn't. Haven't. Wouldn't. Didn't. Hasn't. Couldn't.'
The man jumps back in alarm and the midwife says, 'Don't worry, they're only contractions.'
staxman
Tele-Afflicted
The Native American character played by Lou Diamond Phillips in the Netflix series "Longmire" did not use contractions when he spoke and you noticed it immediately.
loopfinding
Friend of Leo's
True, jury is out I guess:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)
Only ones I’ve studied seriously (spanish, japanese) usually just mash ‘em all together.
The german ones like “wie geht’s” weirded me out when you don’t do it for a lot of them (am, im, zum, durchs, etc.).
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Aaaaack, we now have contraction police?! The written language is doomed.Actually, I think @Mark E Rhodes correctly stated that for the most part, the only real restrictions for using contractions are in legal writings.
It probably is disappearing because of quick conversational typing on computers and/or texting. I don’t have a cell phone to experience most of that. My editor bleeds all over my writing, so I ain’t no expert, but what the friggin’ difference does it make? People have a hard enough time using … to, two or too. Just sayin’
DougM
Poster Extraordinaire
What's your point?
Manual Slim
Friend of Leo's
Case by case
tap4154
Doctor of Teleocity
I usually use contractions. I try to write out things online the way I speak. The only one that bugs me is using "I've" for "I have", in the example of "I've a new guitar". Just seems goofy.
On the other hand, if you're using "I've" to replace "I have" in the example of "I've been there", that makes sense.
On the other hand, if you're using "I've" to replace "I have" in the example of "I've been there", that makes sense.
Ronzo
Tele-Afflicted
Fixed it for you.
Engine Swap
Friend of Leo's
It's because of all the androids, robots, and aliens that now populate earth.
Timbresmith1
Friend of Leo's
They do other stuff. Umlauts and doubling consonants or vowels. Germans just jam a bunch of words together. I kinda like it, but it is a lot of syllables in many cases.
DougM
Poster Extraordinaire
I didn't even notice, lol. But, I was thinking "What does that have to do with the silent L in would, could, should".It's in red ... English + silent L = Engish
Tonetele
Poster Extraordinaire
It seems like grammar, apostrophes, and all other writing devices are getting thrown out.
It wouldn't surprise me that this generation of kids is waiting for a talk phone or computer where all they have to do is "talk" a message in and the electronic device will do the correct writing.
Chronic laziness.
It wouldn't surprise me that this generation of kids is waiting for a talk phone or computer where all they have to do is "talk" a message in and the electronic device will do the correct writing.
Chronic laziness.
