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Every once in a while I sometimes think about remaking the English writing system, as is normal I'm sureπŸ˜…, and I wonder what would be the most useful revision of punctuation or phonetic.

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[–] sighofannoyance@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

he wentn't ^Β©^ πŸ˜‚

why not just say "he did go" vs "he didn't go"? it's not that they are different rather that !("he went") doesn't exist.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

"He went" is much more common, and has no negative.