this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

there are many right ways to make a meme, but this is not it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s what it’s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

'Is it not' is the proper syntax.

I hope I've been informative.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's because people got their words all mixed up. Back in the day, "is not it" would absolutely be the normal way to phrase "isn't it."

It sounds weird today of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I know this is a really old post, but “is it not” is also the formulation in other Germanic languages, so we can assume that it was the same formulation in old Germanic.