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A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds.
In linguistic analysis, contractions should not be confused with crasis, abbreviations and initialisms (including acronyms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in layman’s terms.[1] Contraction is also distinguished from morphological clipping, where beginnings and endings are omitted.
The definition overlaps with the term portmanteau (a linguistic blend), but a distinction can be made between a portmanteau and a contraction by noting that contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as do and not, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept that the portmanteau describes.
English
English has a number of contractions, mostly involving the elision of a vowel (which is replaced by an apostrophe in writing), as in I'm for "I am", and sometimes other changes as well. These contractions are common in speech and in informal writing, but tend to be avoided in more formal writing (with limited exceptions, such as the now standard form "o'clock").
The main contractions are listed in the following table.
Full form Contracted Notes
let us let's informal, as in "Let's do this."
I am I'm informal, as in "I'm here."
are -'re informal; we're /wɪər/ or /wɛər/ is, in most cases, pronounced differently from were /wɜr/.
does -'s informal, as in "What's he do there every day?"
is informal, as in "He's driving right now."
has informal, as in "She's been here before."
have -'ve informal, as in "I've never done this before."
had -'d informal, e.g. "He'd already left." or "We'd better go."
did informal, as in "
@Hahahahaahahshs the glasses
I thought it was a smile
Holy carp that looks amazing
+1First
+12.7 P400 or A-36 with gunpods
Used to like it. Then I saw how overused it was, and it became bland
YOOO SP2 LOOKS SICK!!!
My B-24 didn’t pick up lots of traction. It’s 1:1 scale and has 1:1 performance and weight
+1@Guywhobuildsstuff donut f117
+1@ThatOneConcorde danke :)
+2Painted black by The Rolling Stones
+3California dreamin’ by the mamas and papas
@LunarEclipseSP danke :)
+1@QazEEqaZ done
@LunarEclipseSP how do I use it? I already uploaded the image, it what link do I use?
+1Embed fail please laugh
Also welcome!
+1You can’t damage any parts I believe, including props
+1@Graingy nuh uh
@Graingy This article is about grammar of modern languages, which involves elision. For contraction in Ancient Greek and the coalescence of two vowels into one, see crasis. For the linguistic function of pronouncing vowels together, see Synaeresis. For other uses, see Contraction (disambiguation).
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A contraction is a shortened version of the spoken and written forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters and sounds.
In linguistic analysis, contractions should not be confused with crasis, abbreviations and initialisms (including acronyms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in layman’s terms.[1] Contraction is also distinguished from morphological clipping, where beginnings and endings are omitted.
The definition overlaps with the term portmanteau (a linguistic blend), but a distinction can be made between a portmanteau and a contraction by noting that contractions are formed from words that would otherwise appear together in sequence, such as do and not, whereas a portmanteau word is formed by combining two or more existing words that all relate to a singular concept that the portmanteau describes.
English
English has a number of contractions, mostly involving the elision of a vowel (which is replaced by an apostrophe in writing), as in I'm for "I am", and sometimes other changes as well. These contractions are common in speech and in informal writing, but tend to be avoided in more formal writing (with limited exceptions, such as the now standard form "o'clock").
The main contractions are listed in the following table.
Full form Contracted Notes
+1let us let's informal, as in "Let's do this."
I am I'm informal, as in "I'm here."
are -'re informal; we're /wɪər/ or /wɛər/ is, in most cases, pronounced differently from were /wɜr/.
does -'s informal, as in "What's he do there every day?"
is informal, as in "He's driving right now."
has informal, as in "She's been here before."
have -'ve informal, as in "I've never done this before."
had -'d informal, e.g. "He'd already left." or "We'd better go."
did informal, as in "
Gotem
@Graingy It is*
I immediately started LAUGHING at the apple f117
+1@Rondine sweet
Will it come with the soldiers?
T
SP being SP
+3This is the forum post of all time
+1Got a gaming chair. E scooter and an Rc plane :)
+2@oldmate52 it’s fine if it doesn’t count. I need to post a plane anyways
@Graingy the old gang
+1@Graingy @oldmate52 on an unrelated note I just cured a zombie villager librarian snd now he gives me mending for 1 emerald
@oldmate52 yes, I had to not use your challenge cockpit Becuase overload wouldn’t work
@Nahida1645 that’s insane
+1@Graingy if you compare these specs to the wiki specs there almost identical : )
+1@Graingy that’s the hardest photo I’ve ever seen. It’s now in my photos
+1@Graingy
🐌
+1@Graingy yes
+1@Graingy your are correct
+1@Graingy .
+1Jk
+1Touch grass little kid
+1@oldmate52 done
Tier three?! Nah, reserve
+3@Vetrillum thank you!
My plane should be out by today.
Use fast forward for accurate turn time
Congrats on your “kthanksby-“ privilege
+3@Graingy lol
@EnglishGraden
N O
+1@Graingy no swearing allowed! Think about what you done!
+1War thunder tag? Christmas tag?