The Other Night School: (Mis)adventures in the English Language

The Other Night School: (Mis)adventures in the English Language
Tuesday, February 24 | UWG Newnan | 6:00 reception / 6:30 talk

Speaker: Dr. David Newton, Professor of English, UWG

Contractions allow us to speak and write with less effort, but they also conceal complicated and contentious histories. Why are some contractions, for example, “allowed” and others forbidden? Can we really write or say, “y’all’d’n’t’ve’d”? Join us and find out.