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Re: PM

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Posted by Mike Jones on July 22, 2020 at 10:39:02 user Mike_Jones.

In Reply to: PM posted by John Nichols on July 21, 2020 at 09:51:55:

According to Fowler (3rd edition, Ed. Burchfield) shan’t is the regular contracted form in standard southern English, but is seldom used outside England. As an inhabitant of southern England, I reckon I use it pretty regularly.

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