6 states siding against a supreme court decision to deny access to federal authorities seems big, if thats happened in my lifetime I've not heard of it before
6 states siding against a supreme court decision to deny access to federal authorities seems big, if thats happened in my lifetime I've not heard of it before
Is this contraction a midwestern US thing? Or some other dialect?
Most English dialects contract to "I haven't". Some parts of England do the "I've not" thing, but I rarely've heard Americans do it.
Just anecdotally as an American in the South, Midwest or Great Plains (try and find me now FBI): In other circumstances you definitely can use I've in American English, like "I've been waiting," and "I've not" doesn't sound unnatural to me, just a little stuffy, but "I haven't" is for sure more common.
We should all start using the clearly superior I'ven't.
My favorite is contracting "you all are not" to "y'all'ren't" (rhymes with tolerant). There's also "y'all'dn't've", "you all (would|could|should) not have". No one intends to say those, but I think a US Southerner talking at a natural or fast pace might end up saying them.
that's weird?
I couldn't tell ya, it's just the words I use
I'ven't