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To: William Tell

That’s why Cambridge counts “can’t” as one word. In general, if the contraction can be expanded to a single word, then it’s a single word.

19 posted on 07/21/2017 7:09:12 PM PDT by sourcery (Non Acquiescit: "I do not consent" (Latin))

To: sourcery

If you use “ain’t” does the word count stay the same because it’s not a word?

21 posted on 07/21/2017 8:26:11 PM PDT by alpo (Resist we did.)

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