Schedule (sk-/sh-?) etc. etc.

Bethany K. Dumas dumasb at UTK.EDU
Tue Jan 30 20:19:05 UTC 2001


>Rest assured that plenty of Americans say 'I couldn't care less', and most
>(I hope all) American English teachers correct 'I could care less' when
>they come across it.

Why? It represents a natural and predictable reduction of a sequence
containing
/dntk/, not exactly an ordinary English sequence.

Bethany



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