Мартин Иден

Chapter 7

           "Givemeanillustration,"heasked. "Well"Shepuckeredherbrowsandpurseduphermouthasshethought,whilehelookedonanddecidedthatherexpressionwasmostadorable. "‘Itdon’tdotobehasty.Change‘don’t’to‘donot,’anditreads,‘Itdonotdotobehasty,’whichisperfectlyabsurd." 

           Heturneditoverinhismindandconsidered. 

           "Doesn’titjaronyourear?"shesuggested. 

           "Can’tsaythatitdoes,"herepliedjudicially. 

           "Whydidn’tyousay,‘Can’tsaythatitdo’?"shequeried. 

           "Thatsoundswrong,"hesaidslowly. "AsfortheotherIcan’tmakeupmymind.Iguessmyearain’thadthetrainin’yourshas." 

           "Thereisnosuchwordas‘ain’t," shesaid,prettilyemphatic. 

           Martinflushedagain. 

           "Andyousay‘ben’for‘been,’"shecontinued; "‘come’for‘came’;andthewayyouchopyourendingsissomethingdreadful." 

           "Howdoyoumean?" Heleanedforward,feelingthatheoughttogetdownonhiskneesbeforesomarvellousamind. "HowdoIchop?" 

           "Youdon’tcompletetheendings. ‘A-n-d’spells‘and. Youpronounceit‘an’.‘I-n-g’spells‘ing. Sometimesyoupronounceit‘ing’andsometimesyouleaveoffthe‘g. Andthenyouslurbydroppinginitiallettersanddiphthongs. ‘T-h-e-m’spells‘them. 

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