couldn't
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Contents
1
English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Verb
1.3.1
Coordinate terms
1.3.2
See also
1.4
References
English
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]
Etymology
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]
From
could
+
n’t
.
Pronunciation
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]
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈkʊd.(ə)nt/
(
Yorkshire
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
[ˈkʊnʔ]
Homophone
:
cunt
Audio
(
US
)
:
(
file
)
Verb
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]
couldn't
could
not
(negative auxiliary
[
1
]
)
Coordinate terms
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]
can't
,
mayn't
,
mightn't
,
oughtn't
,
shan't
,
shouldn't
,
won't
,
wouldn't
See also
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edit
]
Appendix:English modal verbs
Appendix:English tag questions
References
[
edit
]
^
Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum,
Cliticization vs. Inflection: English
n’t
,
Language
59
(3), 1983, pp. 502-513
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