Re: Story - TCOAIW

Kendra wrote:.
> Sometiems I do exciting things like "I'd've" for "I would have" though.
I do that all the time.  In fact, I'd hardly never say "I'd have" and
rarely "I would've".  I've got a number of double contractions:

-'d've (I'd've, you'd've, etc.)
-n't've (Wouldn't've, etc.)
-ll've

Hmm ... it appears that only -'ve can be added to another contraction in
my dialect.

> Anyway,  I think the he'd vs. he had thing needs a happy medium; writing "he
> had" all the time would be repetetive
I don't use any contraction when writing something of a fair degree of
formality, like a story outside of dialogue.  E-mail is informal, which
is why I just said "don't".  :-)

> especially things like "I'd've" or "you'dn't've."
Eek!  A *triple* contraction?

> This is a random thought, but are there any contractions with "one?"
"One's" in the sense of "one is", but I can't think of any examples
right now.

> I don't think I'd make don't
> into do not or it's into it is, unless I was going for emphasis... THAT
> would be the line of "too formal" for me.
Which is, of course, why Data on ST:TNG never uses contractions.  :-)

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