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

  • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    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.