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   CHRS: CP437 2   
   I was having some deep thought this morning.  In English, certain phrases   
   only sound "correct" when a contraction is is used.   
      
   For example:   
      
   "Can't/Don't you see..." sounds correct, but "Can not/do not you see..."   
   most certainly sounds wrong.   
      
   Another example:   
      
   "Let's don't..." sounds right, even though it is two contractions in a row,   
   but "Let us do not..." doesn't sound right at all.   
      
   Mike   
      
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