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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Dos and Don'ts of Grice

In Victorian times "don't" for doesn't seems to have been perfectly
acceptable.

Viz. the Lord Chancellor's

"Every fairy shall die who don't marry a mortal".

Etc.

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Ditto for

"Jack will break his crown".

In pre-Victorian times, this had an -s to it:

Jack wills to break his crown.

Apparently common sense pervaded. Etc.

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