Questions tagged [contraction-vs-full-form]
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What is the full form of the word " Special Ops" ? I am asking this question in military context [closed]
I have googled this question. But I just wanted to get a human answer to it. What is the full form of the word "Special Ops" ?
I looked this in dictionary. But the dictionary did not ...
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Sentence-final contractions [duplicate]
There are some pieces of inflection like the genitive marker that can attach to phrases (cf. [The man in the hall]’s taste in wallpaper is appalling) and so they sometimes behave like a contraction. ...
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When is the "t" pronounced in won’t, don’t, can’t?
I am a speaker of Canadian English. I have noticed that when people pronounce won’t, don’t, and can’t, often when speaking normally, they don’t release the “t”, as in connected speech. The standard ...
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Can someone respond to a question by just saying "I´ll" instead of "I will"? Why or why not? [duplicate]
My friend keeps on responding to questions by just saying "I´ll". This doesn´t seem grammatically correct to me. However I would like to know what would be the proper use of that contraction....
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‘Twas good until ‘twasn’t
Since society generally seems to want 2 condense & abbreviate the English language, why don’t we use the words “‘twas” and “‘twasn’t” (which is not even a recognized word, btw!!) more often than ...
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is "weren't you..." considered grammatically correct? Because expanded, it would translate to "were not you..." [duplicate]
Same with "wouldn't you..." because it would directly mean "would not you..."
If the goal is to communicate "would you not" or "were you not," is this a legitimate structure?
Example: Weren't you ...
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Why does the ' in "it's" matter?
I understand that it shows that there is a contraction. This is helpful for understanding for neologism-like contractions, but the contraction of "it is" is so common you just read it the same as its ...
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Why isn't there "is" in "They did it, thinking it more glamorous than..."?
Could you please help me with the grammar of this sentence? It's from an essay in a book on IELTS by Cambridge University Press.
People turn to buying the new brand from overseas nations, perhaps ...
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HAVE (negation, contraction)
Why is (1) considered correct,
but not (2) ?
(1) This would have been such had it not been for...
(2) This would have been such hadn't it been for...
P.S.: Besides, should there be commas as ...
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Can the contracted form of "will" be used after "and"?
Is it correct to write:
hope you enjoyed the demo and'll consider the idea
Or I must all the way use the entire word for "will" in that phrase?
Thank you in advance for clarifications
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Is ‘don't do’ ungrammatical/redundant? How about ‘don't <verb>’?
‘Don't’ is a contraction of ‘do not’, and ‘do’ is a verb meaning ‘to perform/execute’. Strictly speaking, then, are these two common constructions ungrammatical?
a) ‘Don't do this/that.’ Since it ...
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Why isn’t “It’s” a complete sentence, but “It is” is? [duplicate]
I’m a native English speaker, so I understand that
It’s.
is not a complete sentence, whereas the sentence
It is.
is a complete sentence.
What linguistic mechanism prevents “It’s.” from being ...
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What’s the difference between "cannot" and "can’t"? [duplicate]
Can anyone explain the difference between cannot and can’t is?
Is the only difference that cannot is more formal than can’t is?
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Is 'Night an acceptable informal variant of "Good Night"?
The spoken use of "night" as an informal, familiar version of "good night" (wishing one a restful sleep) is common, but I'm not sure what the proper written equivalent is - if there is one. I have ...
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Creating a contraction with the words "adjustment has" [closed]
Which would be the best way to correct this sentence?
"An adjustments been
made to your account."
Is it correct to add an apostrophe ("an adjustment's been made")? Or should the long version be used ...
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