Subj : Contractions and Phrases
To   : ALL
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sat Jun 21 2025 10:08:00

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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