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.
I've definitely seen "is not it" used before, usually in the context of things like speeches or rhetoric where someone has considered what to say beforehand and wants to keep a sense of formality. Generally it'll be part of a rhetorical question, like "Is not it better to be x than be y?"
41 Comments
Creyapnilla@lemmy.world · 116 pts · 3y
'Is it not' is the proper syntax.
I hope I've been informative.
Robdor@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 3y
'Is itn't' for the second option.
theatremaker@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
How to un-downvote a post?
mvirts@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
Slide to the right
Slide to the right (on wefwef/voyager)
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theatremaker@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
This is the reply of my dreams, thank you
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 7 pts · 3y
Click the down arrow a second time.
Hikiru@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 3y
It’s what it’s
Andrew15_5@mander.xyz · 16 pts · 3y
Nooo
qisope@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
hiyaaaaa23@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Yes
SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Non't
Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
My favourite saying
ace510@ani.social · 43 pts · 3y
there are many right ways to make a meme, but this is not it
mvirts@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
There are many ways to comment, ain't there
Stabbywithsocks1@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
?
mvirts@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Idk
DScratch@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
There am indeed.
w2tpmf@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 3y
I saw a smart meme today. This is not it.
TheDankHold@kbin.social · 17 pts · 3y
When it comes to doing this right, this is not it.
bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 3y
"is it" is the whole verb, and "is it not" the unabridged reciprocal or whatever the term is.
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 3y
It's spelt innit
Or at least that's what it sounds like when I say it
Openmindedskeptic@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 3y
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.
idiomaddict@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
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.
BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 3y
You can, it just sounds wrong because we don't.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 17 pts · 3y
It doesn't even sound wrong. It is something people use. Just not as often.
"Is this the thing you're looking for?"
"That is not it."
variants@possumpat.io · -1 pts · 3y
That isn't it That is not it it
variants@possumpat.io · -1 pts · 3y
That isn't it That is not it it
StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Isn't = is not, where are you getting the second it from?
hglman@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 3y
*doesn't
hiyaaaaa23@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y
Why won’t this work => why will not this work
timmytbt@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
Try it Shakespearean 🤣
fushuan@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Why will this not work.
Your sentence reads super wrong to me.
timmytbt@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
The contraction is “will not”
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 6 pts · 3y
"That is not it, isn't it?"
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 5 pts · 3y
I've definitely seen "is not it" used before, usually in the context of things like speeches or rhetoric where someone has considered what to say beforehand and wants to keep a sense of formality. Generally it'll be part of a rhetorical question, like "Is not it better to be x than be y?"
The_Hideous_Orgalorg@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
There is a fairly common way to use the phrase, but that is not it.
radioactiveradio@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
Notit?
hglman@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Factual And correctorant.
Gleddified@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
Its OK, but the best meme ever? This isn't it.
thorbot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
They don’t think it be like it is, but it do