listz1 wrote: > Thank you for that , > so why isn't it " woln't " or even " wo'n't " ? > > grayham > Beginning to regret asking lol
I think double apostrophes are very rare - I only know of one (a boating one at that - Foc's'le) and I suspect word corruption was more so very long ago (after all who could even write?) - one reference I found put won't "sometime before 1380" I also found this nice quote "The first category of contractions is those formed by an auxiliary verb or form of be plus the word not, with the o replaced by an apostrophe, e.g. don't, can't, wouldn't, haven't. Notable exceptions include won't, shan't and ain't. " Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
