Re: CHAT: which's
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 3, 2003, 19:40 |
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Nik Taylor wrote at 2003-03-03 11:49:28 (-0600)
> The negative of "I've" is "I haven't", no other possibility in my
> dialect. I don't think I've ever heard "I'ven't" before.
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Your dialect won't allow "I've not" either? In _mine_*, it's less
common than "I haven't", but unobjectionable ('d be rather odd to hear
it standing alone, though). "I'ven't" is unimaginable, though.
* (Southern England, with some American influence.)
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