Three short words, all used in everyday conversation. They are taken for granted, day by day as seconds pass. We use them all the time, talking of how one "loves" his fried chicken, or how "I" get online everyday. Perhaps "you" know other examples. But used together and in the right order, they take on an all new meaning. With that meaning, they become the three hardest words to say in the entire English dictionary, and the three most desired to be heard. That one sentence that will bring a man to his knees just to say them, those three little words that will make even the strongest woman cry tears of joy. Love found, love lost, all of it comes down to these three words. "I love you," indeed.
Can crush hopes, squash ambitions, belittle minds all in one phrase, I think it hold a good amount of power
Wrong. "That's" is a contradiction of "that" and "is", making four words. I'm surprised no one else called you on it.
A contraction changes two words into one word, it's grammatically fine and still counts as three words, that is why no one called me on it.
This is why I hate English. In my book, a contraction is invented to accommodate laziness and does not truly blend the words, but at best allows one to transcribe their own quirks of pronunciation. Like with "'tis". Though I digress. I would call "won't" its own word or consider it such. Screw you, English...
While we're on the subject, why is it won't and not win't? I believe that's the only contraction where a letter from the first word, in this case will, is changed.
Preferences, actually. I would prefer that language be uniform, quantifiable and coherent. Mixing two articles into one bothers me for several reasons. Especially those that try to mix the verb "to be" with another. "That is" is far more coherent than "that's". I dislike if for the same reason I dislike "ice cream cone" becoming "icecreamcone".
Don't worry about it, I'm Scottish, we're famous for shorting words and pretty much making up our own, quite fun really when you get into a conversation with someone using proper Scottish slang.
