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Re: Story - TCOAIW

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Thursday, October 10, 2002, 4:43
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. :-) -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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