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#cormacmccarthy

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Sam at BLAG

Just finished 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy.

While reading it, I noticed that all the contractions of the form 'word+not' (e.g. don't, won't, isn't, weren't) drop their apostrophe to give dont, wont, isnt, werent, etc.

However, all the other contactions are written as you'd expect, with an apostrophe.

Can anyone more literate than me explain why this stylistic device might have been employed?

cc @shadychars

#Books#Literature#Punctuation
Mediathekperlen

Billy Bob Thornton – “All die schönen Pferde” (2000)

Billy Bob Thorntons Adaption eines Romans von Cormac McCarthy wurde verstümmelt, missverstanden, verschoben – und ist doch einer der stillsten, zärtlichsten und zugleich düstersten Filme seines Jahrzehnts. Wer sich auf die Risse einlässt, entdeckt dazwischen etwas Seltenes: Wahrhaftigkeit. (ZDFneo)

NexxtPress · Billy Bob Thornton - "All die schönen Pferde" (2000)
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Allyn

I’m reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy and it’s some of the best writing I’ve come across in a long time. I’m finding myself rereading lots of parts.

Some truly harrowing stuff, like this simple exchange from the boy and the man:

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