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SBM
SBM
05:52
Hello chat
 
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Feeds
Feeds
08:07
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Q: Used to or past simple with the adverb 'When'

JUNCINATORI know that both 'Used to' and past simple can be used to talk about things that happened in the past, and that 'Used to' is informal in negative sentences but is the preferred construction when the sentence is positive. The main function of 'Used to' is expressing a habit that you had in the p...

sentence-construction past-tense adverbs
 
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Pandya
Pandya
13:33
Can I optimize "I have not" to "I'ven't"?
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
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Q: Can a word be contracted twice (e.g. "I'ven't")?

MatthewMartinI've seen a contraction of two words. I can't see why it wouldn't be possible to contract twice. Is it possible and how should it be punctuated? Update: Ok, to sum up the answers so far This appears in spoken British and American English It is from one of the lower registers of English Even...

punctuation contractions
@Pandya that's not correct.
Pandya
Pandya
@Man_From_India actually I am having the same question title on ELU. worth to ask on ELL?
 
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Man_From_India
Man_From_India
16:27
Answered to some old questions -
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A: "We all" or "all we"?

Man_From_IndiaThe word all is a Determinative (WORD CLASS). One main difference between a noun and a pronoun is that a noun can take a determinative at it's head, but a pronoun can't. And hence the following sentence is incorrect - It's an important point that all we need to understand. [INCORRECT] Ther...

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A: What is this "all"?

Man_From_India I was connected to the all there is. [INCORRECT] It is incorrect to use the there. Generally a Pre-Determiner (here all) precedes the Central-Determiner (here the). Drop that "the" and the sentence would be correct. There are situations where the can come before all as in the following s...

All my answers today was about ALL :-)
SBM
SBM
Oh, cause "this is all they asked ..."
Good evening @Man_From_India
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
Good evening @SBM @snailplane
DT is still untraceable. No mail replies from him yet. I wish we exchanged FB, twitter or anything else.
SBM
SBM
DT?
Anonymous
I hope he's well.
SBM
SBM
Oh me too
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
16:32
Damkerng T
SBM
SBM
I hope everyone's well
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
@snailplane I hope too.
Anonymous
@Pandya If you choose to ask it on ELL, your question would be welcome. I'm not sure, but you might get a different sort of answer on ELL.
SBM
SBM
I guess you can't use two contractions
I'ven't looks unnatural
Catija
Catija
@SBM You can in special cases: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forecastle
Though I'm not sure that counts.
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_double_contractions I don't know that many people use these regularly but I've heard and used some of them... "can't've"... "He can't've said that"... But I wouldn't use them in professional writing, more just in speaking.
Or "Y'all're crazy... standing out all night in the rain."
SBM
SBM
16:47
Isn't that just the phonology? The Wikipedia page suggest that it's a syncope
Syncope (phonology)
In phonology, syncope (/ˈsɪŋkəpi/; from Ancient Greek: συγκοπή sunkopḗ "cutting up") is the loss of one or more sounds from the interior of a word, especially the loss of an unstressed vowel. It is found both in synchronic analysis of languages and diachronics. Its opposite, whereby sounds are added, is epenthesis. == Synchronic analysis == Synchronic analysis studies linguistic phenomena at one moment, usually the present. In modern languages, syncope occurs in inflection, poetry, and informal speech. == In inflections == In languages such as Irish, the process of inflection can cause syncope...
only in very informal speech or poetic devices
@Catija
Catija
Catija
I do say "I'm not sure that counts"... And then list two others.
And a link with 53...
SBM
SBM
I heard only spoken variants
mostly
I'ven't
== English == === Etymology === I've +‎ -n't. === Contraction === I'ven't (nonstandard) I have not === Anagrams === venti...
nonstandard
Catija
Catija
I'm not a linguist... so I don't know what "phonology" is or whether it's "just" phonology... But I don't know that I've ever heard anyone say "Forecastle".
Not that I spend much time around sailors.
SBM
SBM
Me neither
Is that your baby? She/he's cute.
Catija
Catija
Yes. He. Thanks :D
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
16:55
Auto-cannibalism :D
SBM
SBM
?
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
Of course referred to his sweet bite at his thumb :D
Catija
Catija
Oh, he's not eating his thumb. He's eating my hippo.
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
oh he he :-)
Good night.
SBM
SBM
Good night. I'll also go to bed soon
Had a lot of bad news the past two months
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
17:13
can I write this -
> I have these all there is.
I have problem because I don't think this is correct "There is these all.".
doesn't sound right, but grammatically I think they are fine.
Catija
Catija
18:11
@Man_From_India You can write it but I don't know what it means.... Something like "I have these - which is all there is."?
 
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Anonymous
19:56
@Man_From_India I don't think you can put words together like that.
Anonymous
@SBM Yeah you can. People don't write I'ven't, but they say it.
Anonymous
It is definitely confusing to look at. It looks wrong because we're not used to seeing anyone write it down.
Anonymous
But we reduce all sorts of things in speech in ways we wouldn't normally represent in writing.
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
23:45
@snailplane but we can write -
> they cleaned these all.
(referring to the dishes)

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