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I got hung up on contractions this morning regarding the word "you've". Normally, I'd say "you've got a problem", which expands to "you have got a problem", which isn't wrong, but I normally wouldn't say. Not contracting, I'd say "you have a problem", so then should I just say "you've a problem"? That sounds weird in my head. Is this just a US English problem?

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[-] AnExerciseInFalling@programming.dev 39 points 6 months ago

English is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 8 points 6 months ago

My god it’s a tongue twister for my internal monologue.

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