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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: It is not
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Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 08:51:53 EST
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>: how many ways can you write "it is not" (in English) using
> different contractions, slang, etc  
> David Tanguay

Good grief, there are an infinite number.  E.g.,
	"it ain't not even never'
(Yes, I have heard this used in conversation,
with the stress on "never").  Is there any point
to a puzzle with no well-determined answer?