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SD 1-15
Why Does Will Not” Become “"Won't"?
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The First Tinme begins with the line "You know I won't forget."
As you know, "won't" is a short form of "will not." However, you may
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wonder why "will not" becomes "won'" instead of “willn't."
The answer is not so simple. "Won't" does not originate from "will not." In
fact, it comes from "woll not.” What is"woll"? It is a much older form of the
word “will." Depending on their region, some people used "will/will not"
and some others used "woll/woll not.” "Woll not” became the shorter
"won't." People kept using “won't" and dropped “woll/woll not."
1. Why “will not" becomes "won't" instead of "willn't" is
to answer.
(A) difficult
(B) impossible
(C) very easy
2. The underlined phrase "their region" means "
(A) what they do for a living
(B) where they live
(C) when they were born
3. Which sentence is true about "woll/woll not" ?
(will not
Won
(A) “Woll" is a new form of the word "will."
(B) People continued to use'woll/woll not."
(C) “Woll not" was shortened to "won't."
