I got a great question from a student in Vietnam. She asked about contracting certain verbs. We contract many verbs with the not, but not all. Here are verbs we do NOT contract: may not = *mayn′t -- no contraction (just say may not) might not = *mightn′t -- no contraction (just say might not) dare not = *daren′t -- no contraction (just say I didnt dare… I dont dare to…) used not = *usedn′t -- no contraction (just say I didnt use to…) ought not = *oughtn′t -- no contraction (just say He ought not…)
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:34:21 +0000
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