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From: Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: used to
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On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 18:48:11 +0100, Chris Croughton
<chris@keristor.net> said:
> I don't believe "usedn't" is a word in English at all <g>.
But it is.
It's in _Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary_:
Main Entry: usedn't
Variant:or usen't [...]
chiefly Britain : used not
Not that I, for one, would ever say it.
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