Bubba Elvis XIV wrote:tuulen wrote:
It appears, moreover, that non-contracted language is the standard
A strange interpretation of the discussion but there you go.
Well, it came down to going one way or the other with it, but not both. Now, I am sure that everybody here could get along with the occasional contraction, but it happens that I am quite capable of using a wealth of contractions, indeed, perhaps far more than a majority here could be generally comfortable with (Hey, we Americans invented trailer trash!), and so it is actually easier for me to go with non-contracted language exclusively, rather than my having to guess about the comfort zone, here. Of course, should there be a call for my use of contractions, say, maybe on a thread about contractions, then I will be glad to go that way, too. Meanwhile, I am still struggling to keep my finger off of that apostrophe key! ;-)