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Predictions on the Evolution of Language, Part 1

6 Nov 2006 at 6:48am

I predict that eventually, “don’t”, “won’t”, “can’t” and the like will eventually become their own words, dropping that weird apostrophe they have.

A few decades after this happens, some people will wonder what “wan’t” used to stand for.

Posted by Roy Tang under post at 6 Nov 2006 at 6:48am / Tags: #Opinions / 0 / 38 words

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