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  • Contractions and Phrases

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALL on Sat Jun 21 10:08:00 2025
    I was having some deep thought this morning. In English, certain phrases
    only sound "correct" when a contraction is is used.

    For example:

    "Can't/Don't you see..." sounds correct, but "Can not/do not you see..."
    most certainly sounds wrong.

    Another example:

    "Let's don't..." sounds right, even though it is two contractions in a row,
    but "Let us do not..." doesn't sound right at all.

    Mike

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