Contractions and Abbreviations

Sometimes, we shorten or combine words by creating contractions. This is especially common in spoken English.

Usually, to make a contraction, we remove a letter or letters from a word and replace the letter(s) with an apostrophe ('), as in when we shorten "He is feeling ill" to "He's feeling ill."

Some other common contractions include: aren't for are not, can't for cannot, he'll for he will, and won't for will not.

Can you think of any other contractions?

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02:27 PM Oct 26 2009 | 回复
jos361 United States	you're for you are

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paolil Bolivia	i'm  u'r i'nt

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roy.ruletheworld India	some more examples are: I'll for I will, it's for it is, you'r  for you are, I'm for I am.

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