posted February 12, 2005 02:21 AM           

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If don't and do not appear as bad grammar is that still workable? i.e. she don't hide

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posted February 12, 2005 09:16 AM           

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Hmm... that's a good question.

I don't really know about the grammar

But... from SHE DON'T HIDE, I get

SHE IS NOT TO HIDE

Personally, when I Lexi, I don't use bad grammar.

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posted February 12, 2005 02:32 PM         

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But then again, you don't EVER use bad grammar, which is a fabulous thing. Your kids will thank you for it when they're older.

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posted February 12, 2005 03:48 PM           

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I would try to stay away from the bad grammar thing.

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posted February 13, 2005 01:41 AM           

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Thanks for the feedback, I was hoping for that, and besides, I discovered some pretty amazing and positive things in the lexi i'm doing, so all signs point to the positive, besides I think the negative was refering to past events. thanks again

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posted January 28, 2010 08:26 PM         

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If don't and do not appear as bad grammar is that still workable? i.e. she don't hide

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It is not always easy, and often it is damn near impossible to create or birth a Lexigram using perfect grammar.
It is more important to punctuate to help convey/clarify the meaning.
As for the example:
SHE DON'T HIDE
Unless you are able to find within the source* you are Lexigramming, the non contraction form of;
DO NOT
or better,
DOES NOT
then you cannot use the contraction version.
The same goes for slang words such as LUV in lieu of LOVE to sound more poetic or whatever.
If you can actually find the correctly spelled word;
LOVE
within your source*, then you may use LUV if you desire to do so.
However, going by your example of;
SHE DON'T HIDE
if you actually have those letters from your source*;
DD EE HH I N O S T
then you can indeed spell out;
SHE DOES NOT HIDE !!!! :
So there you have it! Perfect grammar!

PS. source=the name, phrase, date, title etc. you are Lexigramming.
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