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Old December 11, 2010, 02:17 PM
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Hello Rusty.

How are you?

Referring your commentary, believe me, never I have hear that expression before in the time that I'm studying English, for that reason, I asked him what was the meaning of the phrase, already you have clarify my question, I can understand quite the word.

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Old December 12, 2010, 08:49 AM
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wont , won't

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How did I not notice that you can or not use that..
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won't is also commonly used to say that someone is refusing to do something.

John refuses to/won't tell me (it).
Juan se niega a decírmelo.
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Old December 12, 2010, 05:30 PM
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MmM still I've not clear the real meaning of two words, because I have understood won't is the negative of Will and wont really I don't know what does it mean?
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Old December 12, 2010, 05:38 PM
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Croatalito....

Won't is the contraction of will not.

You know what a contraction is, right? So instead of saying.....

I will not go to the store for you.

You can say...........

I won't go to the store for you.
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Old December 12, 2010, 05:40 PM
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Croatalito....

Won't is the contraction of will not.

You know what a contraction is, right? So instead of saying.....

I will not go to the store for you.

You can say...........

I won't go to the store for you.
And wont without the contraction is the same?
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I don't know what you mean but when you write a contraction like "won't", you must type the apostrophe.

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Yes, "won't," with the apostrophe, is correct. In my post, I equated the misspelled "wont" to the correctly punctuated "won't."
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Thank you Rusty.

Therefore that is the same, won't and wont without the apostrophe, they are spelling of the same form.

I appreciate your help.
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Old December 13, 2010, 09:25 AM
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And wont without the contraction is the same?
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I realized something reading the replies.
I'll give you examples.

"John said he won't"
John said he will not.

"Wont you do that for me?"
Will you not do that for me?

You use wont when the contraction is broken up.

But you can say, "Won't you do that for me?" "Will not you do that for me?
old english style*
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I hope.. I would :P


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