MrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Cyanide and Happiness@lemm.ee · 3 years agoRandom 8-25-11sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down14
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageRandom 8-25-11sh.itjust.worksMrSebSin@sh.itjust.worksM to Cyanide and Happiness@lemm.ee · 3 years agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarepjhenry1216@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoI’ven’t is a double contraction of “I have not”. I have no idea off hand if that’s grammatically correct. Seems weird but who knows? Well. A grammar expert probably would. Bottom line is I don’t though.
minus-squareKnusper@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoI had to check a dictionary, if I’m not missing some meaning of “contraction” and yep, sure did. Spoiler A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process. “Don’t” is a contraction of “do not.”
I don’t get it…
I’ven’t is a double contraction of “I have not”. I have no idea off hand if that’s grammatically correct. Seems weird but who knows? Well. A grammar expert probably would. Bottom line is I don’t though.
I had to check a dictionary, if I’m not missing some meaning of “contraction” and yep, sure did.
Spoiler
A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
“Don’t” is a contraction of “do not.”