|
- dont - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Even today, he don't tends to be more acceptable in colloquial speech than he say, he make, etc , which are clearly marked as dialectal "Don't" is often used in place of "doesn't" in songs for meter effect, even by singers who wouldn't ordinarily do so in speech
- DONT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Don't was widely used as a contraction of both does not and do not in standard American English until about 1900, but by the early 20th century, schools were teaching that its use should be limited to do not
- Dont - definition of dont by The Free Dictionary
usage: As a contraction for does not, don't first appeared in writing in the latter half of the 17th century and remained standard in both speech and writing through the 18th
- DONT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
DON'T definition: contraction of do not See examples of don't used in a sentence
- DONT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
(Definition of don't from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- dont - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
Don ' t is the standard contraction for do not As a contraction for does not, don ' t first appeared in writing in the latter half of the 17th century, about the same time as the first written appearance of other contracted forms with not, like mayn't and can't
- DONT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
USAGE don't is the standard contraction for do not
- When to Use Dont and When to Use Doesnt | Britannica Dictionary
Both don’t and doesn’t are contractions using the verb do and the word not It's easier to see which one is the correct choice if you expand the contractions: don’t is a contraction of "do not" and doesn't is a contraction of "does not "
|
|
|