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Posted by Geoff Berrow on 09/04/05 12:27
I noticed that Message-ID: <ntmqu2-bch.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk> from Toby
Inkster contained the following:
>> I thought I can shorten the sentence "What does it do?" into "What
>> does't do?".
>
>Nope. You cannot just contract any word that takes your fancy.
Besides, 'doest' is already a word, though it's use is archaic.
(second person singular present tense of do)
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