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Can "wouldn't" be reduced to the clitic -'dn't when attached to any other pronoun besides y'all, such as she'dn't or you'dn't?

(Appearing for example in "y'all'dn't've" from formal English "you all would not have")

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Contraction "-'dn't" from formal English "would not"

isCan "wouldn't" be reduced to the clitic -'dn't when attached to any other pronoun besides y'all?

(Appearing for example in "y'all'dn't've" from formal English "you all would not have")

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Contraction "-'dn't've " from the contraction "y'all'dn't've"'dn't"

Is the contractionis "wouldn't" reduced to 'dn't've used only with the-'dn't when attached to any other pronoun besides y'all?

(for theAppearing for example in "y'all'dn't've" from formal English equivalent "you all would not have")

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Contraction "-'dn't" from formal English "would not"

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