Re: Tho (was: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences))

In a message dated 4/15/01 6:16:04 PM, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes:

<< Excuse me, but language is all about commonly accepted conventions.

Besides, I still find it odd that you accept contractions like "I'd" but
not contractions like "tho".  So, please tell me, what decides whether a
contraction is acceptable or not? >>

Oh, come on!  And why is theh contraction "it's" accepted in the sentence
"It's a bear" whereas it isn't in the sentence "I don't know what it's"?  No
good!  Contractions like "I'd" are okay because "I" is the subject and
"would" is an aspect/mood marker.  You can ONLY contract aspect/mood verbs.
That's why, in English, you can say "I'm gonna eat dessert", but you can't
say "I'm gonna Paris" for "I'm going to Paris".  So, to get back to your
first statement:

<< Excuse me, but language is all about commonly accepted conventions.>>

The convention I described above is commonly accepted.  "Tho" is not.

-David

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