Re: Story - TCOAIW

Nik Taylor wrote:
> Kendra wrote:
> > I don't know what M is, it isn't on my ... thingy. American R? *no idea*
>
> Unrounded version of /u/.
Ah, okay. Thanks. Tricky vowels. :)

> > That's probably a more common pronunciation. I would say "You'dn't've
gone
> > if he did, would've you?," though. :)
>
> You'd say "Would've you"?  Interesting ... so things like "would've"
> appear to be analyzed as single units in your dialect, rather than
> simple contractions.  Does that apply for all -'ve contractions?
I'm not sure if it's that, or just that I don't want to end a question
sentence with a verb instead of a pronoun, bc. I think that "Would you have
gone to the store, if...etc"  is more likely than "Would've you gone to the
store...etc."
I can't really think of any reason for a sentence to end in "Could you have"
or "should you have," using the last sentence, "You couldn't've gone if he
did, could you?" is most likely and "You shouldn't've gone if he did, should
you/should've you/shouldn't've you" all sound unnatural and completely
unlikely. I can't really think of any time to end a sentence in "could you
have" or "should you have."
-Kendra
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