WannaDunno
Ain't
We know what these words mean even though they are contractions.
"A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters (actually, sounds)." (Wikipedia).
Can’t you see it’s we who own the night
Can’t you see it we who bout’ that life
And we can’t stop
And we won’t stop
We run things, things don’t run we
We don't take nothing from nobody
Miley Cyrus, “We Can’t Stop”
Miley Should sing ...
Can’t you see that we own the night?
Can’t you see that we are living the life?
And we cannot stop.
And we will not stop.
We run things. Things do not run us.
We do not take any disrespect from anyone.
But it doesn't sound as good!
Shakespeare did the same thing:
Some Shakespearean Contractions:
Ain't
We know what these words mean even though they are contractions.
"A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters (actually, sounds)." (Wikipedia).
Can’t you see it’s we who own the night
Can’t you see it we who bout’ that life
And we can’t stop
And we won’t stop
We run things, things don’t run we
We don't take nothing from nobody
Miley Cyrus, “We Can’t Stop”
Miley Should sing ...
Can’t you see that we own the night?
Can’t you see that we are living the life?
And we cannot stop.
And we will not stop.
We run things. Things do not run us.
We do not take any disrespect from anyone.
But it doesn't sound as good!
Shakespeare did the same thing:
- Contractions
- Slang
- "New” words
- Grammatically incorrect sentences
- Poetic license
Some Shakespearean Contractions:
- 'tis = it is
- ope = open
- o'er = over ž
- gi' = give
- ne'er = never
- i' = in
- e'er = ever
- oft = often
- e'en = even