The Disappearance of 'ne' in French.

Mind you that this only applies to spoken French, however linguists predict that the 'ne' in negation (as in 'ne' and 'pas' or 'ne' and 'que') will disappear from the French language in the near future. For example:

    Correct way: Il ne faut pas toucher à ça!
    You mustn't touch that!

    Incorrect/spoken way: Il faut pas toucher à ça!

This is true for Québec and France (I am unsure of other Francophone countries, but I'd imagine that it'd be the same for...say, Switzerland).

See also: French adverbs of Negation