contraction of 'did not'
English contraction formed from auxiliary verb 'did' (Old English 'dyde') + 'not' (Old English 'naught'), standardized in written form by 18th century
One of English's most common contractions, showing how spoken rhythm shapes our written language - the apostrophe marks where sounds disappear!
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