| Casual contraction |
Universal |
29 Apr 2026 |
| "It __ over till it's over" |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2026 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye song) |
|
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| Isn't informal? |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Apr 2026 |
| To collapse after fellow's gone is not common (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Mar 2026 |
| "If it __ broke ... " |
LA Times Daily |
16 Mar 2026 |
| "__ No Sunshine": Bill Withers hit |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2026 |
| "Say it ___ so!" |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2026 |
| "It ___ easy" |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2026 |
| Paramore's "___ It Fun" |
Universal |
11 Feb 2026 |
| "__ Misbehavin'" |
Commuter |
30 Jan 2026 |
| "Say it __ so!" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2026 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
Universal |
17 Jan 2026 |
| "___ gonna happen!" |
Universal |
09 Jan 2026 |
| "___ Too Proud" (jukebox musical about the Temptations) |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2026 |
| "__ that the truth!" |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2025 |
| It is in the dictionary now, despite a jocular saying |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Dec 2025 |
| Bob Dylan's "It ___ Me Babe" |
|
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| "You ___ seen nothin' yet" |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2025 |
| Paramore's "__ It Fun" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2025 |
| "___ I a Woman?" |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2025 |
| "If it ___ broke . . ." |
USA Today |
23 Nov 2025 |
| "-- She Sweet" |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Nov 2025 |
| Nonstandard negative |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2025 |
| ____ No Sunshine, Bill Withers song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Oct 2025 |
| Informal negation |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Oct 2025 |
| "___ Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen song) |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2025 |
| "You ___ seen nothin' yet!" |
Universal |
16 Oct 2025 |
| "___ that the truth!" |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2025 |
| It ____ Half Hot Mum, sitcom |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Oct 2025 |
| "-- that the truth!" |
Premier Sunday |
28 Sep 2025 |
| It ____ Over 'til It's Over, Lenny Kravitz song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Sep 2025 |
| "If it __ broke..." |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2025 |
| "___ that the truth!" |
Universal |
17 Sep 2025 |
| "-- She Sweet?" |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Sep 2025 |
| "___ It Fun" (Paramore hit) |
Universal |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Informal "isn't" |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2025 |
| "__ Misbehavin'" |
Commuter |
26 Aug 2025 |
| "Say it ___ so!" |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2025 |
| "If it __ broke..." |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2025 |
| "It __ over till it's over" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2025 |
| "It __ over..." |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2025 |
| "Hit 'em where they ___!": Willie Keeler quote on his Hall of Fame plaque |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jul 2025 |
| It ____ Nececelery So, Bronski Beat hit with salad? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
17 Jul 2025 |
| "If it ___ broke ..." |
LA Times Mini |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Song by Morgan Wallen & Post Malone: "I _ Comin' Back" |
|
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| Slangy contraction |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2025 |
| "If it -- broke ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Jul 2025 |
| "It __ no fairy tale" (Boyz n the Hood poster line) |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2025 |
| Bob Dylan's "It ___ Me, Babe" |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2025 |
| "If it -- broke ..." |
Premier Sunday |
22 Jun 2025 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers ballad) |
|
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| "If it ___ broke..." |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2025 |
| "__ it a shame?" |
Commuter |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Is not, informally |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2025 |
| ____ No Doubt, Jimmy Nail song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 May 2025 |
| "__ it a shame?" |
Commuter |
14 May 2025 |
| "If it __ broke ... " |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2025 |
| Colloquial contraction |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Christina Aguilera song, ... No Other Man (3'1) |
|
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| "If it ____ broke ..." |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Apr 2025 |
| "__ Misbehavin'" |
Commuter |
14 Apr 2025 |
| "-- it the truth!" |
Premier Sunday |
13 Apr 2025 |
| "a" it the truth!" |
|
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| "Say it ___ so!" |
Universal |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Is not, informally |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2025 |
| "___No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
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| Is not misused? |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2025 |
| "Am not," slangily |
|
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| "- She Sweet" |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2025 |
| "___ Misbehavin'"; hit musical |
|
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| "___ Your Mama," Jennifer Lopez hit |
|
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| Nonstandard negative |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Informal contraction |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Isn't racecourse losing back three? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Sitcom of the 1970s and 80s with Windsor Davies, It _ Half Hot Mum (4) |
|
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| Song, ___ No Sunshine (3'1) |
|
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| "___ Misbehav'n" |
|
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| Nonstandard negative |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2025 |
| Grammatical affe |
|
|
| "___ I a stinker?" |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jan 2025 |
| "___ No Sunshine," Bill Withers song |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin'"; musical revue |
|
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| Is not to take lid off emulsion |
|
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| "___ No Sunshine" by Bill Withers |
|
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| Casual contraction |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2025 |
| "Everybody got they cups, but they ___ chipped in" (Snoop Dogg) |
Universal |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Informal contraction |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2025 |
| Isn't, colloquially |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
13 Jan 2025 |
| Is not, slang |
|
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| Colloquial contraction |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2025 |
| "__ Too Proud to Beg" |
Commuter |
01 Jan 2025 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (1971 Bill Withers hit) |
New York Times |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Colloquially, isn't Ian the first to be upset? (3'1) |
|
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| Isn't |
The Telegraph Mini |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Maya Angelou's "___ That Bad?" |
|
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| Informally isn't in Spain today (4) |
|
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| "It __ over till it's over" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2024 |
| ____ No Sunshine, Bill Withers song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Nov 2024 |
| "___ I a Woman?" |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2024 |
| Aren't, colloquially |
|
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| "If it - broke ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Informal opposite of "is" |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Word that when placed between It and Half Hot Mum gives the title of a classic BBC sitcom (4) |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
|
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| "__ it the truth!" |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2024 |
| "- Too Proud to Be " |
|
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| "It - Necessarily So" |
|
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| "___2 proud 2 beg (TLC song) |
USA Today |
23 Sep 2024 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
Universal |
20 Sep 2024 |
| "If it ___ broke . . ." |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Improper way to say isn't |
|
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| "__ Misbehavin'"; Broadway hit |
|
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| "A Hero ___ Nothin' but a Sandwich" (Alice Childress novel) |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2024 |
| ____ No Sunshine, Bill Withers hit |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 Aug 2024 |
| "- She Sweet" |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Aug 2024 |
| ____ Them Bodies Saints, Casey Affleck film |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Aug 2024 |
| "_ _ That a Shame"; Fats Domino hit |
|
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| It ____ Me Babe, Bob Dylan song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
29 Jul 2024 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell hit) |
|
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| "___ that the truth!" |
Universal |
17 Jul 2024 |
| "It __ over till it's over" |
Newsday |
16 Jul 2024 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
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| Dylan's "It ___ Me Babe" |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Isn't common parlance used in plain text? |
|
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| "It __ over till it's over" |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2024 |
| "___ No Sunshine" |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2024 |
| "If it __ broke..." |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2024 |
| "You - seen nothing yet!" |
|
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| "Is!" rebuttal |
Newsday |
13 Jun 2024 |
| "Say it ___ so!" |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2024 |
| "Is not" in a slang form - "anti" anagram |
|
|
| Isn't commonly opposed to shifting one |
|
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| Informal contraction |
New York Times |
20 May 2024 |
| More informal version of 70-Across |
New York Times |
12 May 2024 |
| "If you done it, it __ bragging" |
Newsday |
10 May 2024 |
| Sojourner Truth's "___ I a Woman?" |
Universal |
04 May 2024 |
| Southern slang term |
|
|
| Equivalent of "isn't" |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Jazz classic, ... Misbehavin' (3'1) |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin'"; Broadway musical |
|
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| "___ No Sunshine," song by Bill Withers |
|
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| Casual contraction |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2024 |
| It ___ Necessarily So, Gershwin song (4) |
|
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| Informal negation |
New York Times |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Fats Waller sang, "... misbehavin'; I'm savin' my love for you" (3'1) |
|
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| "___ 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC single) |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2024 |
| "I ________ Got Nobody" |
|
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| "___ ___ a word" (grammar pedant's ironic statement) |
Universal |
09 Mar 2024 |
| "It ____ Me Babe" |
|
|
| ___ No Sunshine, song by Bill Withers (4) |
|
|
| "If it - broke ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Feb 2024 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
Universal |
24 Feb 2024 |
| 62-Across, improperly |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Grammatical gafle |
|
|
| "___ no mountain high enough..." |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Feb 2024 |
| Colloquial contraction |
Newsday |
11 Feb 2024 |
| "Say it ___ so!" |
Universal |
21 Jan 2024 |
| "__ Misbehavin'" |
Commuter |
20 Jan 2024 |
| "___ Misbehavin'" |
New York Times |
24 Dec 2023 |
| “— She Sweet” |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2023 |
| "__ Misbehavin'"; Broadway musical |
TV |
10 Dec 2023 |
| "___ Too Proud To Beg" |
USA Today |
29 Nov 2023 |
| "___ I a Woman?" |
USA Today |
24 Nov 2023 |
| "___ Too Proud" (jukebox musical) |
Universal |
17 Nov 2023 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
|
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| "If it ___ broke, don't fix it" |
|
|
| "___ Misbehavin'" |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2023 |
| "___ No Sunshine," Bill Withers song |
|
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| '___ it the truth!' |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2023 |
| '___ I a Woman?' |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2023 |
| 'If it ___ broke . . .' |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Isn't contraction that isn't isn't |
Family Time |
14 Aug 2023 |
| 'If it ___ broke . . .' |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2023 |
| "— No Sunshine" |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jul 2023 |
| "If it __ broke ... " |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2023 |
| '___ that somethin'!' |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Informal contraction |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Sojourner Truth's '___ I a Woman?' |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jun 2023 |
| "You ___ seen nothing yet!" |
|
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| 'It __ over till it's over' |
Newsday |
23 May 2023 |
| Informality favored by Twain |
Newsday |
20 May 2023 |
| Christina Aguilera's '___ No Other Man' |
Wall Street Journal |
17 May 2023 |
| "__ No Sunshine": Bill Withers hit |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2023 |
| Isn't |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Apr 2023 |
| "— I a stinker?" |
Premier Sunday |
02 Apr 2023 |
| "___ No Sunshine," Bill Withers song |
|
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| "— No Sunshine" |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Mar 2023 |
| 'The Crown ___ Worth Much' (Hanif Abdurraqib collection) |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2023 |
| '__ it the truth?' |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2023 |
| "___ Misbehavin'" (jazz standard) |
Universal |
09 Feb 2023 |
| "__ that the truth!" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2023 |
| "If it — broke ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jan 2023 |
| "If it ___ broke ..." |
Universal |
09 Jan 2023 |
| 'If it ___ broke, don't fix it' |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2023 |
| Informal negative |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2023 |
| 'If it ___ broke . . .' |
USA Today |
31 Dec 2022 |
| "— She Sweet" |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Dec 2022 |
| '___ that the truth!' |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2022 |
| "If it ___ broke, don't fix it" |
Universal |
28 Nov 2022 |
| 'It __ over till . . .' |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2022 |
| "If it __ broke ... " |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2022 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
|
|
| "You __ seen nothin' yet" |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Informal contraction |
LA Times Daily |
15 Oct 2022 |
| "— Misbehavin' " |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Oct 2022 |
| "If it ___ broke ..." |
Family Time |
03 Oct 2022 |
| “___ It Funky” (James Brown album) |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Sep 2022 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
Universal |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Isn’t improperly used? |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Aug 2022 |
| In short, is not (informal) |
The Guardian Quick |
16 Aug 2022 |
| Informal 'isn't' |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2022 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit) |
Universal |
12 Aug 2022 |
| '___ It Fun' (hit song by Paramore) |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2022 |
| "— She Sweet" |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2022 |
| 'If it __ broke . . .' |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2022 |
| "It __ over till it's over" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2022 |
| ''You ___ seen nothing' yet'' |
Family Time |
23 May 2022 |
| “___ I a Woman?” (Sojourner Truth speech) |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Mar 2022 |
| Informal negative |
|
|
| Informal negative |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Colloquial contraction |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Is not |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2022 |
| The Beatles’ “___ She Sweet” |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Isn't another way? |
Universal |
12 Jan 2022 |
| "— Misbehavin' " |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Dec 2021 |
| Fats Waller's "___ Misbehavin'" |
Universal |
15 Dec 2021 |
| “___ No Way” (Aretha Franklin song) |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Nov 2021 |
| "— Misbehavin'" |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Nov 2021 |
| Word that makes you sound uneducated |
Family Time |
01 Nov 2021 |
| ''If it __ broke . . .'' |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2021 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
|
| "If it — broke ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Oct 2021 |
| Isn't wrong? |
Family Time |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Informal ''isn't'' |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2021 |
| '___ It Fun' (2014 Paramore hit) |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2021 |
| Opposite of 35-Across |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2021 |
| "— She Sweet" |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Aug 2021 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
|
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit) |
Universal |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Isn’t wrong? |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jul 2021 |
| ''If you done it, it __ bragging'': Whitman |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2021 |
| "— Misbehavin' " |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jul 2021 |
| "If it __ broke ... " |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jul 2021 |
| 'If it __ broke ... ' |
|
|
| 'If it ___ broke . . .' |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2021 |
| '___ Nobody' (hit for Rufus and Chaka Khan) |
New York Times |
03 Jul 2021 |
| "— it grand?" |
Premier Sunday |
27 Jun 2021 |
| '___ Too Proud' (hit musical about the Temptations) |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2021 |
| "— She Sweet" |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jun 2021 |
| '___ 2 Proud 2 Beg' (TLC hit) |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2021 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
|
| "___ that somethin'?" |
Universal |
04 Jun 2021 |
| ''It __ over till it's over'' |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2021 |
| "Say it ___ so!" |
Universal |
15 May 2021 |
| Equivalent of 'isn't' |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2021 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
|
| "If it — broke ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2021 |
| Isn't, slangily |
|
|
| '___ I a Woman?' (Sojourner Truth speech) |
USA Today |
12 Mar 2021 |
| Jennifer Lopez's "___ Your Mama" |
|
|
| Isn't incorrectly? |
Family Time |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Slangy contraction |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2021 |
| "You ___ lyin'!" |
Universal |
23 Feb 2021 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell song) |
|
|
| Isn't said incorrectly? |
Family Time |
24 Jan 2021 |
| "___ No Grave" by Johnny Cash |
|
|
| 'That ___ right' |
|
|
| Aren't wrong? |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2021 |
| Colloquial contraction |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2020 |
| "— Misbehavin'" |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Nov 2020 |
| ''If it __ broke . . .'' |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2020 |
| ''__ that somethin'!'' |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| "— No Sunshine" |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Oct 2020 |
| ''Inventin' jokes __ easy'': Rocky Balboa |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Colloquial contraction |
New York Times |
06 Sep 2020 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
|
| 'If it __ broke ... ' |
|
|
| "If it __ broke ... " |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2020 |
| Isn't informal? |
|
|
| Isn't informal? |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2020 |
| "__ Misbehavin'": Fats Waller song |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2020 |
| Contraction heard in the first ''Jazz Singer'' |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2020 |
| '__ Misbehavin'': Fats Waller song |
|
|
| "___ gonna happen!" |
Universal |
30 Jun 2020 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye song) |
|
|
| '___ That Good News,' 1964 Sam Cooke album |
New York Times |
25 Jun 2020 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
|
| '___ No Sunshine' |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2020 |
| “___ No Sunshine” |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jun 2020 |
| 'If it ___ broke . . .' |
USA Today |
28 May 2020 |
| 'If I ___ Got You' (Alicia Keys single) |
USA Today |
22 May 2020 |
| Informal negative |
|
|
| "___ I a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech) |
Universal |
08 May 2020 |
| Informal negative |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2020 |
| Aren’t wrong? |
Wall Street Journal |
06 May 2020 |
| '___ it the truth!' |
New York Times |
28 Apr 2020 |
| 'You ___ kiddin'!' |
New York Times |
22 Apr 2020 |
| '___ No Mountain High Enough' |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2020 |
| '— She Sweet' |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2020 |
| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye song) |
|
|
| ''You __ kidding!'' |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2020 |
| Improper isn't |
Family Time |
20 Jan 2020 |
| '— Misbehavin' ' |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2019 |
| "___ It Fun" (2014 Paramore hit) |
Universal |
22 Dec 2019 |
| '___ No Woman (Like the One I've Got)' |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2019 |
| Nonstandard negative |
|
|
| Nonstandard negative |
New York Times |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Contraction that annoys the grammar police |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2019 |
| 'That ___ hay!' |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2019 |
| "You ___ seen nothing yet!" |
Universal |
27 Nov 2019 |
| "If it ___ broke ..." |
|
|
| 'If it ___ broke ...' |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2019 |
| "___ Misbehavin'" (stride jazz classic) |
Universal |
22 Nov 2019 |
| Informal negative |
Newsday |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Is not, informally |
Newsday |
12 Nov 2019 |
| '__ Nobody's Business': blues standard |
|
|
| "__ Nobody's Business": blues standard |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Fails to be, casually |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2019 |
| "You ___ kiddin'!" |
|
|
| 65-Across, alternatively |
Universal |
09 Oct 2019 |
| “___ We Got Fun” |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Oct 2019 |
| '___ Misbehavin'' |
|
|
| '— life grand?' |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2019 |
| '___ it the truth?' |
USA Today |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Slangy negative |
New York Times |
19 Sep 2019 |
| Informal ''isn't'' |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Informal contraction |
|
|
| Informal contraction |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2019 |
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers song) |
|
|
| Informal negation |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2019 |
| "__ No Sunshine": Bill Withers hit |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2019 |
| '__ No Sunshine': Bill Withers hit |
|
|
| '___ that the truth!' |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jun 2019 |
| '___ so' ('Nuh-uh') |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2019 |
| '___ No Sunshine' (1971 hit for Bill Withers) |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2019 |
| '— I a stinker?' |
Premier Sunday |
21 Apr 2019 |
| "___ No Sunshine" |
Universal |
18 Apr 2019 |
| '___ Misbehavin'' |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2019 |
| Slangy negative contraction |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2019 |
| '__ That a Shame' |
|
|
| "__ That a Shame" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Mar 2019 |
| '___ No Sunshine' (Bill Withers hit) |
USA Today |
14 Feb 2019 |
| '— Misbehavin'' |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Feb 2019 |
| '___ I a stinker?' |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2019 |
| ''It __ necessarily so'' |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2019 |
| "___ I a stinker?" |
|
|
| "___ it the truth?" |
|
|
| "___ We Got Fun" |
|
|
| "___ Misbehavin'" |
|
|
| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit) |
|
|
| "___ that the truth!" |
|
|
| "If it ___ broke . . ." |
|
|
| 65-Across, alternatively |
|
|
| "___ No Sunshine" |
|
|
| Slangy negative contraction |
|
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| Slangy negative |
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| Informal negation |
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| "___ so" ("Nuh-uh") |
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| "___ No Sunshine" (1971 hit for Bill Withers) |
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| "__ No Sunshine": Bill Withers hit |
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| "__ Nobody's Business": blues standard |
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| "__ That a Shame" |
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| Informal contraction |
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| 'Say it — so!' |
Premier Sunday |
23 Dec 2018 |
| Informal contraction |
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| "It ___ over till it's over" |
Universal |
27 Nov 2018 |
| ''Porgy and Bess'' contraction |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2018 |
| 'It __ Necessarily So': Gershwin song |
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| "It __ Necessarily So": Gershwin song |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2018 |
| ' She Sweet' |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Sep 2018 |
| 'That -- happenin'!' |
Premier Sunday |
09 Sep 2018 |
| ''Say it __so!'' |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Dylan's 'It ___ Me Babe' |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2018 |
| 'It __ over till it's over': Berra |
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| Is not wrong? |
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| Is not wrong? |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2018 |
| 'Say it ___ so, Joe' |
USA Today |
08 Jul 2018 |
| '___ It Fun' (2014 Best Rock Song Grammy winner) |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2018 |
| Is not improper? |
Universal |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Isn't incorrect? |
Premier Sunday |
03 Jun 2018 |
| '___ that somethin'?' |
New York Times |
27 May 2018 |
| Tiny tunnel builder |
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| '___ We Got Fun' |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2018 |
| '-- She Sweet?' |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2018 |
| "___ Misbehavin'" |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2018 |
| "Hit 'em where they ___" |
Universal |
30 Mar 2018 |
| Isn't badly? |
Universal |
29 Mar 2018 |
| Is not misused? |
LA Times Daily |
21 Mar 2018 |
| Is not misused? |
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| Informal negative |
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| 'If it broke ...' |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2018 |
| Ungrammatical contraction |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2018 |
| Nonstandard negative |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2018 |
| '___ No Sunshine' |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Feb 2018 |
| Isn't bad? |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2018 |
| Fats Waller's "___ Misbehavin'" |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2018 |
| Wrong "is not" |
Universal |
30 Jan 2018 |
| "___ We Got Fun" |
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| Isn't bad? |
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| Colloquial contraction |
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| "___ that somethin'?" |
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| "___ It Fun" (2014 Best Rock Song Grammy winner) |
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| Coulda been, maybe |
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| "Hit 'em where they ___" |
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| "It ___ over till it's over" |
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| Is not improper? |
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| Isn't badly? |
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| Wrong "is not" |
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| "If it __ broke ... " |
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| "It __ Necessarily So": Gershwin song |
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| "It __ over till it's over": Berra |
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| Is not wrong? |
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| "Say it ___ so, Joe" |
|
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| Dylan's "It ___ Me Babe" |
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| Fats Waller's "___ Misbehavin'" |
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| "___ No Sunshine" |
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| Isn't wrong? |
Universal |
18 Dec 2017 |
| '-- No Sunshine' |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Nonstandard contraction |
Premier Sunday |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Isn't said incorrectly |
Family Time |
16 Oct 2017 |
| Taboo contraction, to a grammar purist |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2017 |
| "__ gonna happen" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2017 |
| '__ gonna happen' |
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| "Is not," wrongly |
Universal |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Isn't that isn't right? |
Family Time |
14 Aug 2017 |
| 'You -- kiddin'!' |
Premier Sunday |
30 Jul 2017 |
| ' Misbehavin'' |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Slangy form of 60-Across |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2017 |
| "___ Misbehavin'" |
Universal |
16 Jun 2017 |
| '-- that the truth!' |
Premier Sunday |
11 Jun 2017 |
| Word that raises a grammarian's eyebrows |
Universal |
01 Jun 2017 |
| "I may not be the brightest, but I ____ a liar!" |
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| "__ Misbehavin'" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2017 |
| '__ Misbehavin'' |
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| "It __ over till it's over": Berra |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2017 |
| '___ that a kick in the pants?' |
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| '___ No Mountain High Enough' |
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| "__ Misbehavin'" |
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
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| "__ gonna happen" |
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| "___ it the truth!" |
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| Slangy form of 60-Across |
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| Taboo contraction, to a grammar purist |
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| Isn't wrong? |
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| "___ Misbehavin'" |
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| "Is not," wrongly |
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| Word that raises a grammarian's eyebrows |
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| Isn't in the sticks? |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2016 |
| '___ She Sweet?' |
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| '___ No Mountain High Enough' |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2016 |
| "___ it the truth!" |
Universal |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Contraction spoken in ''The Jazz Singer'' |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2016 |
| 'It ___ Necessarily So' |
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| Nonstandard contraction |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2016 |
| ''__ it the truth?'' |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Bugs Bunny contraction |
Newsday |
30 Jul 2016 |
| "___ We Got Fun?" |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2016 |
| '___ I a stinker?' |
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| Improper 41-Across |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2016 |
| Marvel Comics hero |
New York Times |
08 May 2016 |
| ''Oklahoma!'' contraction |
Newsday |
08 May 2016 |
| 14-Across, informally |
Universal |
07 May 2016 |
| ' She Sweet?' |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Apr 2016 |
| 'You ___ Seen Nothing Yet' |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Mar 2016 |
| '___ it the truth?' |
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| '-- Misbehavin'' |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jan 2016 |
| Slangy rebuttal to 65-Across |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2016 |
| "If it ___ broke . . ." |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2016 |
| Improper 41-Across |
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| Slangy rebuttal to 65-Across |
|
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| "___ We Got Fun?" |
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| ' She Sweet' ('20s hit) |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Dec 2015 |
| "If it ___ broke ..." |
Universal |
23 Oct 2015 |
| ''__ life grand?'' |
Newsday |
30 Sep 2015 |
| "He __ Heavy, He's My Brother" |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2015 |
| Fats Waller's '___ Misbehavin'' |
New York Times |
18 May 2015 |
| Is not, in dialect |
Universal |
13 May 2015 |
| "A good deed __ ever forgot": "Huckleberry Finn" |
LA Times Daily |
08 May 2015 |
| ''It __ over till . . .'' |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Grammar class faux pas |
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| 'It ___ happenin'' |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2015 |
| '___ We Got Fun?' |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2015 |
| Isn't on the street? |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2015 |
| 'Sorry, that ___ happenin'!' |
New York Times |
05 Jan 2015 |
| Fats Waller's "___ Misbehavin'" |
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| "___ that a bitch?" |
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| "He __ Heavy, He's My Brother" |
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| Informal negative |
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| Is not, in dialect |
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| "Sorry, that ___ happenin'!" |
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| "It ___ happenin'" |
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| Nonstandard negative |
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| "___ it the truth!" |
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| Isn't on the street? |
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| "... and that ___ hay!" |
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| Isn't wrong? |
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| "If it ___ broke ..." |
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| Contempt-gathering contraction |
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| "It ___ Me Babe" (Dylan hit) |
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| Informal negative |
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| Informal negative |
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| "A good deed __ ever forgot": "Huckleberry Finn" |
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| Nonstandard contraction |
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| "__ life grand?" |
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| Is not, informally |
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| "It __ over till . . ." |
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| 'Say it -- so, Joe!' |
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| Commonly isn't? |
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| "Hit 'em where they ___" |
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| Contraction not in the King's English |
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| Isn't incorrect? |
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| Nonstandard negative |
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| Informal opposite of "is" |
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| "__ it the truth!" |
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| "If it __ broke . . ." |
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| Grammarian's eyebrow raiser |
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| The "non-existent" contraction |
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| English class no-no |
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| "This ___ a Love Song" Bon Jovi |
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| "He ___ Heavy, He's My Brother" Hollies |
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| "___ Too Proud to Beg" (1966 song by The Temptations) |
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| Grammar purist's bane |
|
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| "___ that the truth!" |
|
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| "___ That a Shame?" |
|
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| "Hit 'em where they ___" |
|
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| What shouldn't follow you? |
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| Informal contraction |
|
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| "If it ___ broke, don't fix it!" |
|
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| "__ She Sweet" |
|
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| "It ___ over till ..." |
|
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| "__ it the truth?" |
|
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| "Politics ___ beanbag" |
|
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| "Is you is or is you ___ ma' baby?" |
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| Isn't amiss? |
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| "And that ___ hay!" |
|
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| "___ That a Shame" |
|
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| Strict grammarian's bane |
|
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| Is not wrong? |
|
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| Bugaboo of a verb |
|
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| "___ it the truth?" |
|
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| 25-Down, nonstandardly |
|
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| Is not misused? |
|
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| "__ She Sweet" |
|
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| "___ No Sunshine" (1971 Bill Withers song) |
|
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| "___ Nobody's Business" (old blues standard) |
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| Substandard contraction |
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| "It __ over . . ." |
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| Withers "___ No Sunshine" |
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| "It ___ Me, Babe" (Dylan song) |
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| Isn't incorrect? |
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| "The future __ what it used to be": Yogi Berra |
|
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| "If it ___ broke, don't fix it!" |
|
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| Bill Withers "___ no sunshine when she's gone" |
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| "It __ Necessarily So" |
|
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| Isn't for some people? |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
|
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| "Is!" rebuttal |
|
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| "Porgy and Bess" contraction |
|
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| "___ no mountain high enough . . ." |
|
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| Ungrammatical contraction |
|
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| "__ I a stinker?": Bugs Bunny |
|
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| "The future __ what it used to be": Yogi Berra |
|
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| Allmans "___ Wastin' Time No More" |
|
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| "It ___ over till it's over" (Yogi Berra) |
|
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| Isn't incorrect? |
|
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| English class no-no |
|
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| "Say it ___ so, Joe" |
|
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| "Say it ___ so!" |
|
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| "It ___ over till it's over" (Yogi Berra) |
|
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| "__ I a stinker?": Bugs Bunny |
|
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| "___ We Got Fun?" |
|
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| "__ Misbehavin'" |
|
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| '-- She Sweet' |
|
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| "If you done it, it __ bragging": Whitman |
|
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| 'If it -- broke ...' |
|
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| Isn't, the wrong way |
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| "It ___ right" |
|
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| Beatles "___ She Sweet" |
|
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| Informal contraction |
|
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| "__ We Got Fun?" |
|
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| "Politics __ beanbag" |
|
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| "Is so!" retort |
|
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| Grammar class no-no |
|
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| "___ That a Shame" |
|
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| Bugaboo for the grammar police |
|
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| "___ I a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech) |
|
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| "___ She Sweet" |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| Maligned contraction |
|
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| "___ it the truth!" |
|
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| "You ___ heard nothin' yet!" |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin'" |
|
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| "___ no thang" |
|
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| Isn't misused? |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin"' |
|
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| Grammar class no-no |
|
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| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit) |
|
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| Is not wrong? |
|
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| "You ___ seen nothin' yet!" |
|
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| "___ That a Shame" |
|
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| Is not wrong? |
|
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| "___ No Woman," 1973 hit for the Four Tops |
|
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| 'You -- kiddin'!' |
|
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| "Denial __ just a river in Egypt": Twain |
|
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| 50-Across wrong? |
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| Frowned-upon contraction |
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| Is not ungrammatical? |
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| Isn't, alternatively |
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| Word that gets under a grammarian's skin |
|
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| "It ___ over till it's over" (Yogi Berra) |
|
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| Word that gets under a grammarian's skin |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| 50-Across wrong? |
|
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| "Denial __ just a river in Egypt": Twain |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| Informal version of 73 Down |
|
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| "It __ over till it's over": Berra |
|
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| "That __ hay!" |
|
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| "__ Misbehavin'" |
|
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| "__ No Sunshine": 1971 Bill Withers hit |
|
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| "It ___ over 'til it's over" |
|
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| "___ She Sweet" |
|
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| Verb not in the king's English |
|
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| Isn't informal? |
|
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| Isn't for the uneducated? |
|
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| Isn't uncorrected? |
|
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| "Oklahoma!" contraction |
|
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| "__ Misbehavin' " |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| "Is You Is or Is You ___ My Baby?" (Louis Jordan song) |
|
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| "___ Too Proud To Beg" |
|
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| "___ that the truth!" |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (1970 #1 hit) |
|
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| Frowned-upon contraction |
|
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| "__ That a Shame": Domino hit |
|
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| Is not, to some |
|
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| Contraction not in the king's English |
|
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| "___ that a kick in the head?" |
|
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| "It ___ over 'til it's over" |
|
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| "___ Got No" ("Hair" song) |
|
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| "That __ hay!" |
|
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| Word often heard in "Oklahoma!" |
|
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| "___ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny quote) |
|
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| '... and that -- hay!' |
|
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| "It ___ Necessarily So" |
|
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| Slangy negative |
|
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| "I __ Marching Anymore" (protest song) |
|
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| "__ No Sunshine": 1971 Bill Withers hit |
|
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| Frowned-upon contraction |
|
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| "___ that somethin'?" |
|
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| "___ that the truth!" |
|
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| Aren't wrong? |
|
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| "It ___ over 'til it's over" |
|
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| "__ That a Shame": Domino hit |
|
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| ___ It Cool News |
|
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| "It ___ Me Babe" (hit for the Turtles) |
|
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| "___ no thang" |
|
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| ___ It Cool News (film website) |
|
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| Frowned-upon contraction |
|
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| Kids may be corrected for saying it |
|
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| "Politics ___ beanbag" (Mr. Dooley maxim) |
|
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| "___ No Sunshine" (1971 Grammy-winning song) |
|
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| Is not misused? |
|
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| With 48-Across, "... and that ___!" |
|
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| Is not spoken wrong? |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (1970 chart-topper) |
|
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| English class no-no |
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| That-hay link |
|
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| Kids may be corrected for saying it |
|
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| "__ We Got Fun?" |
|
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| The Who's "Love ___ for Keeping" |
|
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| "___ Talkin'" (Bob Dylan song) |
|
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| Jennifer Lopez's "___ It Funny" |
|
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| Is not on the street? |
|
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| "You ___ heard nothing yet!" |
|
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| "If it __ broke..." |
|
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| "If it __ broke, . . ." |
|
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| English class taboo |
|
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| Controversial contraction |
|
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| "___ I a stinker?" |
|
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| '-- Misbehavin' ' |
|
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| "Is You Is or Is You __ . . ." |
|
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| Grammarian's bane |
|
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| '-- it grand?' |
|
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| 77-Down wrong? |
|
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| Is not, slangily |
|
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| "Is so!" retort |
|
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| "___ Nobody" (1983 Chaka Khan hit) |
|
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| "___ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny) |
|
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| 77-Down wrong? |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
|
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| Colloquial contraction |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin"' (1978 Tony winner) |
|
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| "___ She Sweet?" |
|
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| "___ it the truth!" |
|
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| Eyebrow-raising word to a grammarian |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| Isn't misused? |
|
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| Grammatical no-no |
|
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| Nonstandard contraction |
|
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| "___ That a Shame" |
|
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| Isn't in the vernacular |
|
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| "___ She Sweet" |
|
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| Grammarian's eyebrow-raiser |
|
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| Isn't the wrong way |
|
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| Word that makes grammarians cringe |
|
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| "If it ___ broke ..." |
|
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| "It ___ Necessarily So" |
|
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| "___ We Got Fun?" |
|
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| Isn't poorly? |
|
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| '-- it the truth!' |
|
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| "__ She Sweet?" |
|
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| "___ She Sweet" |
|
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| "__ That A Shame?" |
|
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| Non-standard contraction |
|
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| "Say it __ so!" |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin'" |
|
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| "You ___ seen nothin' yet" |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (1967 song) |
|
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| Grammarian's bane |
|
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| Is not misused? |
|
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| "You __ heard nothin' yet" |
|
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| Nonstandard contraction |
|
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| "If it ___ broke . . ." |
|
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| "__ That a Shame" |
|
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| Isn't, nonstandardly |
|
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| "Say it ___ so, Joe" |
|
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| "It ___ over 'til it's over" |
|
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| "You __ heard nothin' yet" |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| "__ That a Shame" |
|
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| Start of a Fats Domino title |
|
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| Domino's "___ It a Shame" |
|
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| "That ___ hay!" |
|
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| "That ___ hay!" |
|
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| 'That -- hay!' |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| Grammarian's eyebrow-raiser |
|
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| "It ___ Necessarily So" |
|
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| "Wherever He __" ("Mack & Mabel" song) |
|
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| Isn't the wrong way |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| "And that ___ hay!" |
|
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| Marvin Gaye's "___ That Peculiar" |
|
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| Is not on the street? |
|
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| "__ She Sweet" |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin'" |
|
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| "__ Too Proud to Beg" |
|
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| The "nonexistent" contraction |
|
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| Grammarian's no-no |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" (1970 #1 hit) |
|
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| Tom Petty's "___ Love Strange" |
|
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| Domino's "___ It A Shame" |
|
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| "__ We Got Fun" |
|
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| Slangy negative |
|
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| "__ No Sunshine" |
|
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| Isn't wrong? |
|
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| '-- No Sunshine' ('71 hit) |
|
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| "___ We Got Fun" |
|
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| "___ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny quote) |
|
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| "If it ___ broke ..." |
|
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| "___ Misbehavin"' |
|
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
|
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| Grammarian's bugaboo |
|
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| "__ No Sunshine": 1971 hit |
|
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| "If it __ broke ..." |
|
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| "If it __ broke, ..." |
|
|
| "Is so!" rebuttal |
|
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| Frowned-upon contraction |
|
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| English class taboo |
|
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| "Hit 'em where they ___" |
|
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| Grammar lesson no-no |
|
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| Condemned contraction |
|
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| "___ She Sweet" |
|
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| "That ___ hay!" |
|
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| Verb not in the king's English |
|
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| It may get under a grammarian's skin |
|
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| Is no more, informally |
|
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| Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way" |
|
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| "__ No Sunshine": 1971 hit |
|
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| "__ We Got Fun" |
|
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| "___ Nobody's Business" (blues standard) |
|
|
| English class taboo |
|
|
| Grammar lesson no-no |
|
|
| "___ I a stinker?": Bugs Bunny |
|
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| Is not ungrammatical? |
|
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| "...and that ___ hay!" |
|
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| "___ that the truth!" |
|
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| ". . . and that __ hay!" |
|
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| "Say it __ so!" |
|
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| "__ Misbehavin"' |
|
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| "___ it the truth!" |
|
|
| Broadway's "___ Misbehavin'" |
|
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| Contraction disliked by grammarians |
|
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| Gershwin's "It ___ Necessarily So" |
|
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| Is not on the street? |
|
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| "Say it ___ so!" |
|
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| "That ___ hay!" |
|
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| "___ She Sweet?" |
|
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| '-- No Sunshine ('71 hit)' |
|
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| "It ___ hay!" |
|
|
| "___ She Sweet?" |
|
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| "_____ She Sweet?" |
|
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| Strict grammarian's bane |
|
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| "_____ Misbehavin"' |
|
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| ___ it the truth! |
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| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit) |
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| "_____ it the truth!" |
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| "_____ That a Shame" |
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| Isn't for the uneducated? |
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| Frowned-on verb in grammar class |
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| "___ She Sweet" |
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| "___ Misbehavin'" |
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| "__ No Sunshine" ('71 tune) |
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| Is not in a slang dictionary? |
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| Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way" |
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| Grammarian's eyebrow raiser |
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| '-- That a Shame' ('55 hit) |
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| '-- She Sweet' ('27 song) |
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| "_____ Too Proud to Beg" |
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| "___ Misbehavin'" |
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| Frowned-on verb in grammar class |
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| "__ Misbehavin' " |
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| Bugs Bunny line: "__ I a stinker?" |
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| "It __ Necessarily So" |
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| Slangy negative |
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| Are not, in a way |
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| "_____ that the truth!" |
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| "If it ___ broke, don't fix it!" |
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| "___ Too Proud to Beg" (1966 song) |
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| Dialectical contraction |
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| "___ Nobody's Business": 1949 hit |
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| "___ That a Shame" |
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| "___ We Got Fun" |
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| "___ Too Proud to Beg" (1966 hit) |
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| "-- we got fun": Kahn |
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| Strict grammarian's bane |
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| Isn't wrong? |
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| Grammar teacher's bane |
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| '_____ No Sunshine' ('71 hit) |
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| Nonstandard contraction |
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| Isn't informal? |
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| Grammarian's bugaboo |
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| "___ We Got Fun?" |
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| "It ___ Necessarily So" |
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| "Is so!" rebuttal |
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| "___ She Sweet?" |
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| Slangy contraction |
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| "___ She Sweet?" (pop song) |
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| "___ She Sweet" (old song) |
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| "___ Misbehavin'" |
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| ___ We Got Fun? |
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| "_____ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny quote) |
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| "That _____ hay!" |
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| "It __ Necessarily So" |
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| Cousin of "amn't" |
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| "___ it the truth?" |
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| Isn't bad? |
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| "__ No Mountain High Enough" |
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| Isn't on the street? |
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| "___ She Sweet" |
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| "___ Misbehavin"' |
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| Fats Domino's "___ That a Shame" |
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| "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit) |
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| ___ Misbehavin |
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| "___ Misbehavin" |
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| Pat Boone's "___ That a Shame" |
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| Isn t wrong |
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| "___ No Sunshine" (1971 hit) |
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| "It ___ Necessarily So" |
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| Isn't, alternatively |
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| Dylan's "It ____ Me, Babe" |
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| "_____ Misbehavin"' |
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| "__ I a stinker?": Bugs Bunny |
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| Ungrammatical contraction |
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| "___ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny) |
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| Common solecism |
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| Isn't on the street |
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| ____ Misbehavin' |
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| Country contraction |
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| "____Misbehavin'" |
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| "____ She Sweet" |
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| "___ No Mountain High Enough" |
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| Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way" |
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| Picnic pest, in this puzzle? |
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| Gershwin's "It ___ Necessarily So" |
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| "___ That a Shame" (#1 hit for 18-Across) |
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| "It ___ pretty!" |
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| "I ___ Got Nobody" |
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| "You ___ seen nothin' yet!" |
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| "___ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny line) |
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| ____ it the truth! |
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| ____ Misbehavin' |
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| Isn't wrong |
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| "___ That a Shame" |
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| "___ That a Shame" (1955 hit) |
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| 1971 Grammy song "___ No Sunshine" |
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| Isn't on the street? |
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| Waller's "____ Misbehavin'" |
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| "That___hay!" |
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| "- We Got Fun?" |
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| "___ it the truth?" |
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| Four Tops hit "__No Woman" |
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| ___ We Got Fun |
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| Grammarian's eyebrow raiser |
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| "I _____ Got Nobody" (20's hit) |
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| Temptations' "_____ Too Proud to Beg" |
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| Old song "_____ She Sweet?" |
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| "_____ We Got Fun?" |
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| "I ___ Got Nobody," 1916 song |
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| "You ___ heard nothin' . . . " |
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| Solecist's word |
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| "___ She Sweet?": 1927 song |
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| "___ We Got Fun?": 1921 song |
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| Solecist's contraction |
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| "___ Misbehavin'," Waller hit |
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| "___ She Sweet" |
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| Grammatical no-no |
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| __ Misbehavin' |
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| "___ Misbehavin'," 1929 song |
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| "___ That a Shame": 1955 tune |
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| Substandard contraction |
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| Start of a B'way title: 1978 |
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| Grammatical goof |
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| "It ___ Me, Babe," Dylan song |
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| "___ Misbehavin' " |
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| Solecistic contraction |
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| "___ Misbehavin'" (Waller, Brooks, Razaf) |
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| Isn't commonly |
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| "I ___ Got Nobody" |
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| Negative no-no |
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| Solecistic word |
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| Solecism |
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| "It ___ a fit night . . . " |
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| "Hit 'em where they ___": Keeler |
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| "___ fit night . . . " |
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| "___ we got fun!" |
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| "And that ___ hay" |
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| "___ we got fun" |
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| Contraction of sorts |
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| Common contraction |
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| "That ___ hay" |
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| Slangy contraction |
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| "You ___ heard nothin' yet" |
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| It isn't isn't |
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| "It ___ necessarily so" |
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| Unscholarly contraction |
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| Vulgar negative |
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| Familiar solecism |
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| "___ we got fun?" |
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| Contraction of "are not," "am not," etc. |
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| Ungrammatical negative. |
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| Dialectal contraction. |
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| Colloquial negative contraction. |
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| Acceptable contraction for "am not." |
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| Grammatical slip. |
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| Bit of bad grammar. |
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| "___ She 'Sweet.'" |
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| "___ Misbehavin'." |
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| "She ___ what she used to be . . . " |
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| Isn't, improperly. |
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| Inelegant verb form. |
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| Contraction accepted by some authorities. |
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| "___ She Sweet.” |
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| "___ She Sweet!" |
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| "It ___ gonna rain no more." |
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| "I ___ Got Nobody.” |
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| Negative contraction of sorts |
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| Is not. |
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| Grammatical liability. |
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| ___ It Cool News |
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| Second word in Elvis's hit "Hound Dog" |
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| Grammar taboo |
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| "You ___ kidding!" |
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| "You ___ about that life!" |
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| Grammarian's horror. |
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| "I ___ got nobody . . . " |
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| Slangy contraction. |
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| "___ She Sweet?” |
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| "There ___ no Santa Claus" |
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| Common contraction of sorts |
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| Common vulgarism. |
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| Coarse contraction. |
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| "___ what she used . . . " |
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| "___ we got fun." |
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| Common solecism. |
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| "It ___ necessarily so . . . " |
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| "It ___ Necessarily So." |
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| Verbal contraction. |
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| Grammarian's problem. |
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| Common contraction. |
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| Solecistic contraction. |
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| Controversial contraction. |
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| Controversial verbal contraction. |
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| That word in the new dict. |
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| Much-used solecism. |
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| Negative verbal contraction. |
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