Skip to main content

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Required fields*

5
  • I see nothing non-standard at all in this little poem. Just an unusual use of contracted verbs as nouns. Commented yesterday
  • 2
    I would add that Never Have suggests Since we never did that, you can't either. Commented yesterday
  • @YosefBaskin yes. Things that "never have happened" before, may happen in the future anyway. Commented yesterday
  • @HemiPoweredDrone Yes, that's why it's sour advice. Commented yesterday
  • People who say “it’s impossible” are the IMPOSSIBLES. People who say “it won’t...” are the WONT’S. People who say “never has it...” are the NEVER HAVES. Commented 22 hours ago