I've'nt (was: Re: Quick Intro)

From: "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
> Joe wrote:
> > Just a point... 'I think I've not' is not normal English.  'I don't think
> > I've' is normal.
>
> "I think I've not" isn't that odd.  It sounds slightly formal to me, but
> not really abnormal.
I was gonna say something about it seeming more normal if you dont need as much
do-support as AmE (say, looking at a British construction like "Have you an
[X]?"), but I think it's just a funny clisis:  what's a more normal division is
"I think I havent" (tho for some reason putting that in the sentence in question
wants a "yet" added also).  I wont deny that "I dont think I've" sounds better
still, though.

    *Muke!
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