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Do you ever use the form 'shan't'? If yes, when?

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#46 (permalink) Sun May 18, 2008 12:45 pm Do you ever use the form 'shan't'? If yes, when?

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If you had an ESL student who was preparing to live and work in the US, what would your advice to him/her be with respect to using the word shan't?

I'd advise them to ask just where and when it is used, for what purposes, and by whom. And I'd get the person below to tell me who exactly "us" means:

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It sounds very funny to us, like a funny cartoon of an Englishman.

Let me ask you a similiar question: If you had an ESL student who was preparing to live and work as a writer, journalist, or similar, in the US, or one who was planning to study American literature, in the US, what would your advice to him/her be with respect to using the word shan't?

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#47 (permalink) Sun May 18, 2008 15:43 pm Do you ever use the form 'shan't'? If yes, when?

Molly wrote:

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If you had an ESL student who was preparing to live and work in the US, what would your advice to him/her be with respect to using the word shan't?

I advise them to ask just where and when it is used

You advise your students soundly.

Hats off.

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#48 (permalink) Sun May 18, 2008 19:14 pm Do you ever use the form 'shan't'? If yes, when?

Wow, Mr P gets excited over a little typo. See edit.

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