MrSebSinM to Cyanide and Happiness@lemm.ee · 1 year agoRandom 8-25-11imagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down14
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minus-squarepjhenry1216@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI’ven’t is a double contraction of “I have not”. I have no idea off hand if that’s grammatically correct. Seems weird but who knows? Well. A grammar expert probably would. Bottom line is I don’t though.
minus-squareKnusper@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI had to check a dictionary, if I’m not missing some meaning of “contraction” and yep, sure did. Spoiler A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process. “Don’t” is a contraction of “do not.”
I don’t get it…
I’ven’t is a double contraction of “I have not”. I have no idea off hand if that’s grammatically correct. Seems weird but who knows? Well. A grammar expert probably would. Bottom line is I don’t though.
I had to check a dictionary, if I’m not missing some meaning of “contraction” and yep, sure did.
Spoiler
A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
“Don’t” is a contraction of “do not.”