Thank you for that ,
so why isn't it " woln't " or even " wo'n't "  ?

grayham
Beginning to regret asking lol

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> listz1 wrote:
>> "Wont" ( or more correctly "won't")   is a peculair word. It is a
>> contraction of "will not ".
>> So why isn't it correct to say " willn't"?
>>
>
> Dictionary shows  "ME wol not, will not" - so that's an old Middle English 
> word
>
>
> Ron Jones
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