And lo on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:26:20 +0100, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake, saying:

> 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."

Yep standard contraction. As with the "not" the first example may be used  
when you want emphasis e.g

FP: "It's not easy!"
SP: "It is easy!"
FP: "It is not!"
SP: "It is!"

Is different in tone to -

FP: "It's not easy!"
SP: "It is easy!"
FP: "It's not!"
SP: "Is!"

-- 
Phil Cook

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