I recall listening to Mark R. Levin on our local radio station HOT TALK 560 AM KSFO one day of this week or last week: I can NOT remember but heard him make a big deal about why someone (perhaps moi) would spell the word `can’t` as `can NOT`, which should be spelled as `cannot`.
Why not? We see the following contractions for words such as:
- don’t » do NOT;
- isn’t » is NOT;
- wasn’t » was NOT;
- aren’t » are NOT;
- shouldn’t » should NOT;
- wouldn’t » would NOT;
- won’t » will NOT; and
- couldn’t » could NOT.
So if the above spelling conventions apply to those certain words, I have yet to see contractions for words spelled as:
- shalln’t » shall NOT; and of course my emphasis of the word –
- can’t » can NOT!
My point is: Why is the English language no consistent with its grammar and spelling! For example, why spelled the word `ghost` as `gost`; since the letter `h` is silent? Or why not spell both the words, `write` and `right` as `rait` as pronounced in Japanese katakana? It will make memorizing and testing of words much easier. Forget Greek, Latin and Romanized spellings: Those are too antiquated!
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