shan t or shall not

The use of the contraction “shan’t” for “shall not” is more common in the UK than in the US, where it may strike readers as a bit old-fashioned. Americans are are more likely to say “will not” in the same contexts.

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• hock vs hawk
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• FENNO: Tim Tebow, the third-stringer we can't seem to shake
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