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[–] [email protected] 114 points 2 years ago (2 children)

'Is it not' is the proper syntax.

I hope I've been informative.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago

'Is itn't' for the second option.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How to un-downvote a post?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Slide to the right

Slide to the right (on wefwef/voyager)

Criss Cross

Cha cha real smooth

Cha Cha again

Every body clap your hands

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

This is the reply of my dreams, thank you

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Click the down arrow a second time.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

My favourite saying

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

there are many right ways to make a meme, but this is not it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There are many ways to comment, ain't there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There am indeed.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

I saw a smart meme today. This is not it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

When it comes to doing this right, this is not it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

"is it" is the whole verb, and "is it not" the unabridged reciprocal or whatever the term is.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

It's spelt innit

Or at least that's what it sounds like when I say it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can, it just sounds wrong because we don't.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It doesn't even sound wrong. It is something people use. Just not as often.

"Is this the thing you're looking for?"

"That is not it."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

That isn't it That is not it it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

That isn't it That is not it it

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's because people got their words all mixed up. Back in the day, "is not it" would absolutely be the normal way to phrase "isn't it."

It sounds weird today of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I know this is a really old post, but “is it not” is also the formulation in other Germanic languages, so we can assume that it was the same formulation in old Germanic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why won’t this work => why will not this work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why will this not work.

Your sentence reads super wrong to me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The contraction is “will not”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Try it Shakespearean 🤣

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

"That is not it, isn't it?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've definitely seen "is not it" used before, usually in the context of things like speeches or rhetoric where someone has considered what to say beforehand and wants to keep a sense of formality. Generally it'll be part of a rhetorical question, like "Is not it better to be x than be y?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

There is a fairly common way to use the phrase, but that is not it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Factual And correctorant.

[–] Gleddified 2 points 2 years ago

Its OK, but the best meme ever? This isn't it.

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