ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)Posthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#730061Thu, 14 May 2009 21:07:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:730061Philip0http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#730061http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-730061.xmlThe only place I can think of that you could find a legitimate use of mean&#39;t would be in verse by someone such as Shakespeare for the purpose of meter . And even then I&#39;m not sure it would be written as one word.Re: Why do some people spell "meant", and others spell it "mean't" ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#729877Thu, 14 May 2009 18:29:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:729877Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#729877http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-729877.xmlMeant is a hold over from middle English. It is not a contraction, and adaptability aside, the English language is mutilated all the time by people. So to set the record straight, it may have been a contraction in Middle English, but basically it&#39;s considered a hold over and there is no mean&#39;t!! That would be an incorrect spelling.Re: Why do some people spell "meant", and others spell it "mean't" ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#413565Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:51:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:413565nona the brit2http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#413565http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-413565.xmlIt is not a contaction. It's the past form of mean. It isn't a contraction of mean not.Re: Why do some people spell "meant", and others spell it "mean't" ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#413357Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:51:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:413357Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#413357http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-413357.xmlThere IS a contraction. There IS a missing letter (althouth 'spelt' IS spelled 'spelled' with no contraction) and 'learning not' and 'meaning not' has no meaning for 'the ignorant' (you, maybe?). Lighten up and get with it! English is variable. And up for adaption.Re: Why do some people spell "meant", and others spell it "mean't" ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#179152Sat, 23 May 2009 15:51:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:179152Mister Micawber4http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htm#179152http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-179152.xmlIgnorance. It is not a contraction, but I suppose that some people, unfamiliar with the -t suffix ( learnt, spelt, meant , etc), think there's a letter missing.meant vs. mean'thttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 15:51:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:179146Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/MeantVsMeant/cchpr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-179146.xmlWhy do some people spell "meant", and others spell it "mean't" ? As in what I meant to write was "I mean't it when I said I love you"