In discussing Duns Scotus, I have given less from his writings than has been my wont with other philosophers. Later on, I believe, a child is wont to have his favourite colour, and to be ready to defend it against the preferences of others. He had been wont to do this on other occasions, because the enemy with nine ships was within sight of the fort. In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.
Yet the feeling is in most children weak and vacillating, and is wont to be mixed with other and less noble ones. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! See synonyms for wont on Thesaurus. See antonyms for wont on Thesaurus. Most contractions in English are pretty straightforward: they are, they're; he would, he'd; is not, isn't; we will, we'll.
The two words join together, minus a few sounds. Put it together, and shorten it up. What could be easier? But that isn't the case for "will not," which becomes "won't" instead of "willn't. Why does the "will" change to "wo"? It doesn't really. Which is to say, we don't change it, our linguistic ancestors did.
We just inherited it from them as a unit.
0コメント