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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Language efficiency

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Language efficiency

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The Picard Maneuver to Microblog [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    27•2 years ago

    Close. Move the apostrophe from before the I to after.

    • @[email protected]
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      1•2 years ago

      nope. the apostrophe replaces the “wou” part of “would”

      • @[email protected]
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        5•2 years ago

        Nope, nope, nope. “Would” is not contracted as “'ld,” and then there would be no “I.” That’s a capital I, not a lowercase l.

      • threelonmusketeers
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        3•2 years ago

        you all would have if would have?

  • @[email protected]
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    13•2 years ago

    You really oughtn’t’ve.

  • mo_ztt ✅
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    55•2 years ago

    Get outta here with your 'f for “if”

    • @[email protected]
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      Not a contraction, but still a recognized linguistic device called a clitic! That’s safe to Google, I promise. In this case it’s a proclitic

      • @[email protected]
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        9•2 years ago

        Saving readers a risky Google: Clitic - Wikipedia

  • @[email protected]
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    Yeah, it would be y’all’d’ve if I’d’ve at most.

    • @[email protected]
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      2•2 years ago

      deleted by creator

  • ivanafterall
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    Is this how Gaelic was born?

  • don
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    6•2 years ago

    lol boo didn’t even try asking if it’d float, they just mainlined pure hopium and casually threw it out there “Why yes, ‘f’’ is part of a balanced, healthy contraction used by billions everyday!”

    Wrong.

    • @[email protected]
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      3•2 years ago

      Not a contraction, but still a recognized linguistic device called a clitic! That’s safe to Google, I promise. In this case it’s a proclitic

      — @[email protected] ↑

      • don
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        2•2 years ago

        Sure, I agree with that, and tbf a respondent in OP’s pic did say it’s almost a complete sentence of contractions, but I felt honor-bound to satirically gatekeeper something that’s fun to screw around with. Language is gonna language, believe me, I’m aware.

  • Bleeping Lobster
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    22•2 years ago

  • amio
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    Where/since when is 'f a thing?

    • @[email protected]
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      5•2 years ago

      Fuck’f I know

    • @[email protected]
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      2•2 years ago

      Always, 'round these parts

  • @[email protected]
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    4•2 years ago

    y’all’d’ve’f’id’ve’dun’it

  • @[email protected]
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    Image Transcription: Tumblr


    farmsuggestion

    y’all’d’ve’f’ld’ve


    beyoursledgehammer

    #you all would have if I would have???


    eliciaforever

    The South is out of control.

  • flamingos-cant
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    13•2 years ago

    It’s missing an apostrophe after the I.

  • vox
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    10•2 years ago

    Being from the south…I’m just trying to look back and remember if I’ve ever used this…it’s plausible

  • z500
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    5•2 years ago

    English is becoming polysynthetic and I am here for it

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