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"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
Only when it's an auxiliary verb does it usually get combined with the pronoun. Not as a main verb with its possessive meaning.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
I have never seen 'have' contracted with the pronoun except when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
Not saying it's incorrect. I'm saying it's not common usage.
Am I entering the Apolyton Twilight Zone?
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
I'm assuming albie is now explaining that people choose to not use a grammatical contraction in philadelphia -> it is incorrect to use this grammatical contraction
Does any of this sound right to a native English speaker?
You've a car.
They've a house.
He's a cat. (NOW HOW THE **** IS THIS ONE SUPPOSED TO WORK?! How do you know if it's He has or He is?)
As opposed to...
You've got a car.
They've got a house.
He's got a cat.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
I was trying to help him out by telling him something a native speaker wouldn't contract.
Entering Apolyton Twilight Zone where suddenly everyone loses familiarity with the English language in 3... 2... 1...
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
You know you've hit (see! Auxiliary verb so contraction is common) rock bottom when you've (not typical American English) no other way to feel good about yourself except trying to correct a Swede's English grammar.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
American English only contracts forms of have when used as auxiliaries
I win.
"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi
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