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7 Sep 2024 21:17:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Question about English grammar  
From: Warp
Date: 1 Jul 2008 09:26:20
Message: <486a307c@news.povray.org>
Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
> > "The rest of it is not difficult." -> "The rest of it's not difficult."

> As has been discussed "it isn't" would probably be the default contraction  
> (regional variants notwithstanding), however "it's not" would be more  
> likely used when you what to emphasize the ease of 'it'.

  Many answers seem to stick to that 'not' word there, which wasn't really
the point. Maybe this would have been a better example:

  "The rest of it is easy. " -> "The rest of it's easy."

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                                                          - Warp


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