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Re: Story - TCOAIW

From:Kendra <kendra@...>
Date:Saturday, October 12, 2002, 0:50
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 http://www.refrigeratedcake.com http://www.refrigeratedcake.com/comics/theatre -- Vade Mecum (comic)

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