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74: Mailbag of Go
We're going deep into our Mailbag, and we're going to answer all your questions.
- Why do we say "here you go" when we give something to someone?
- Why can we reduce something to /sʌmʔ/?
- The thing is is, there are two IS there. Why?
- Some contractions seem to've appeared, and they look strange in writing. What other ones're out there?
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By Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
4.7
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We're going deep into our Mailbag, and we're going to answer all your questions.
- Why do we say "here you go" when we give something to someone?
- Why can we reduce something to /sʌmʔ/?
- The thing is is, there are two IS there. Why?
- Some contractions seem to've appeared, and they look strange in writing. What other ones're out there?
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