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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Nowt
Nowt happened on the pitch.
Is "Nowt" a noun or pronoun in the above?
Is "Nowt" a noun or pronoun in the above?
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AnonymousNowt happened on the pitch.Is "Nowt" a noun or pronoun in the above?It's a regional dialect word that means the word nothing. In other words, nothing happened on the pitch.
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nowt = nothing
owt = anything
(indefinite pronouns)
I don't believe I've heard this anywhere but in northern England, maybe Scotland.
People in the U.S. have absolutely no idea what these mean.
CJ
owt = anything
(indefinite pronouns)
I don't believe I've heard this anywhere but in northern England, maybe Scotland.
People in the U.S. have absolutely no idea what these mean.
CJ
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