What Are Contractions in English Grammar? - ThoughtCo
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Why Do We Use contractions?The Contractive ApostropheContracted Nouns and PronounsNegative Contractions and Verb ContractionsContracting 'Not'Contractions in Tag QuestionsAmbiguous ContractionsMultiple ContractionsAphaeresis, Syncope, and ApocopeIn casual conversation, contractions involving nouns are fairly common ("My dad'll be home soon"). In writing, however, they're muc In casual conversation, contractions involving nouns are fairly common ("My dad'll be home soon"). In writing, however, they're much rarer than contractions with pronouns such as I'll, he'd, and she's. You can contract proper nouns to mean is or has, such as in the sentence "Shelly's coming with us," or "Jeff's bought a new computer." Watch out for... Occupation: English And Rhetoric Professor Published: Jul 18, 2009
In casual conversation, contractions involving nouns are fairly common ("My dad'll be home soon"). In writing, however, they're much rarer than contractions with pronouns such as I'll, he'd, and she's. You can contract proper nouns to mean is or has, such as in the sentence "Shelly's coming with us," or "Jeff's bought a new computer." Watch out for...
Occupation: English And Rhetoric Professor
Published: Jul 18, 2009
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