Re: CHAT: which's
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 4, 2003, 6:46 |
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On Tuesday 04 March 2003 5:44 am, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Tim May wrote:
> > Your dialect won't allow "I've not" either?
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> Nope. To me, that sounds English. I'm sure there are probably other
> dialects outside of England that do that, and probably dialects in
> England that don't, but "English" is the association I have when I hear
> a form like "I've not".
Thing is, It's not English, I have never ever heard a person say 'I've not'.
'I have not' or 'I haven't' are the only two options I've heard, outside of
Victorian plays by Oscar Wilde or somesuch person.
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