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Edit Post #290134 Initial revision about 1 year ago
Answer A: Does English support three-word contractions?
Working on the principle that language is defined by the users and not a 'Formal Committee on Language', I submit the use of double contractions by Lewis Carroll is close enough to formal recognition to pass muster. He was especially fond of: sha'n't (which is only two words, but contracted twice)...
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about 1 year ago
Edit Post #284533 Initial revision about 3 years ago
Answer A: What is "Charter change bill" in English?
It's not 'Australian', just English. Breaking it down: 'bill': A bill in a governmental context is a piece of proposed legislation. To become law (actual legislation), the elected members of a jurisdiction (paliament: government + (usually) opposition) will go through a process of reading the...
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about 3 years ago