• Sibbo
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    3 years ago

    I don’t get it…

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      3 years ago

      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.

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      3 years ago

      I had to check a dictionary, if I’m not missing some meaning of “contraction” and yep, sure did.

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      A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
      “Don’t” is a contraction of “do not.”