An Account on The English Language
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In all of the years of my studies of languages, one thing has always been abundantly clear to me: Regular structures are nonabnormal. That is to say, if one word (A) interacts with another (B) in one particular way, another similar word (A2) will interact with (B) in the same way. (This of course only holds if A and A2 in their similarity share the same aspect that interacts with (B)).
Nowhere should this be clearer in English than in the contraction of modals with the negation phrase "not". Examples:
A - Should
B- Not
Produces: C- Shouldn't
A- Can
B- Not
Produces C- Can't
Et cetera. Every modal word- (Called infils in syntactic theory) can be combined with not, and not will have it's 'o' removed. That is except for one.
Why doesn't English contain the word, "ton't"?
There is no excuse for this abnormal irregularity of patternal ordering. Rest assured, this outrage will not be overlooked by the likes of me, and as such as of this moment, I am founding the SOESFTN'T.
Of course, this acronym stands for the Society of English Speakers for Ton't. I hope with my brave step forward I can inspire others ton't overlook this outrage of anti-regularity.
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