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    Standard Contractions in English

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    The document discusses standard English contractions used in speech and informal writing. It lists common contractions for verbs like "be", "will", "would", "have", "had" followed by examples of their negative forms. It also includes less common contractions for words like "what", "where", "when", and provides related reference pages on contractions.

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    The document discusses standard English contractions used in speech and informal writing. It lists common contractions for verbs like "be", "will", "would", "have", "had" followed by examples of their negative forms. It also includes less common contractions for words like "what", "where", "when", and provides related reference pages on contractions.

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    Standard Contractions in English

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    Standard Contractions in English

    Contractions are mainly used speech and informal writing BE Neg WILL Neg I'm Im not I'll I wont I You He She It We They That Who
    I am You're you are He's he is She's she is It's (or 'tis) it is We're we are They're they are That's that is Who's who is what is/what are You arent He isnt She isnt It isnt We arent They arent That isnt Who isnt I will You'll you will He'll he will She'll she will It'll it will We'll we will They'll they will That'll that will Who'll who will What'll what will Where'll where will When'll when will Why'll why will How'll how will You wont He wont She wont It wont We wont They wont That wont Who wont What wont

    WOULD
    I'd I would You'd you would He'd he would She'd she would It'd it would We'd we would They'd they would That'd that would Who'd who would What'd what would Where'd where would When'd when would Why'd why would How'd how would

    Neg I wouldnt You wouldnt He wouldnt She wouldnt It wouldnt We wouldnt

    HAVE
    I've I have You've you have He's he has She's she has It's it has

    Neg I havent You havent He hasnt She hasnt It hasnt We havent They havent That hasnt Who hasnt What hasnt

    HAD
    I'd I had You'd you had He'd he had She'd she had It'd it had We'd we had They'd they had That'd that had Who'd who had What'd what had

    Neg I hadnt You hadnt He hadnt She hadnt It hadnt We hadnt They hadnt That hadnt Who hadnt What hadnt

    We've we have They wouldnt They've they have That wouldnt That's that has Who wouldnt Who's who has What wouldnt What's what has Where wouldnt When wouldnt Where's where has When's when has

    What What's/what're What isnt

    Where Where's
    where is When When's when is

    Where isnt When isnt Why isnt How isnt

    Where wont When wont Why wont How wont

    Where hasnt Where'd where had When hasnt When'd when had Why hasnt How hasnt Why'd why had How'd how had

    Where hadnt When hadnt Why hadnt How hadnt

    Why How

    Why's why is How's how is

    Why wouldnt Why's why has How wouldnt How's how has

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    WORDS (negating a verb) is not are not was not were not have not has not had not will not would not do not does not did not cannot could not should not might not must not CONTRACTION isn't aren't wasn't weren't haven't hasn't hadn't won't wouldn't don't doesn't didn't can't couldn't shouldn't mightn't mustn't WORDS would have should have could have might have must have WORDS (odd ones) of of the clock madam never-do-well cat-of-nine-tails jack-of-the-lantern will-of-the-wisp it was CONTRACTION would've should've could've might've must've CONTRACTION o' o'clock ma'am ne'er-do-well cat-o'-nine-tails jack-o'-lantern will-o'-the-wisp 'twas (archaic)

    Contractions are often confused with possessive pronouns, because of identical pronunciation. Can you tell me which sentences are correct? a. Their sleeping in a tent today. b. They're sleeping in a tent today c. Has the boy lost its toy? d. Has the boy lost it's toy? e. It's me! f. Its me! The correct answers are: b, c, and e. a and e are contracted forms of the verb to "be", c is a possessive pronoun. The remaining sentences are incorrect because a possessive pronoun has been used instead of a contracted form, or vice versa.

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