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A shortened form of a word or phrase in which an apostrophe indicates the omitted letters or words.
Examples:
Don't (for "do not")
Can't (for "cannot")
what is the contraction for over and even
letters that go with contraction words
It's terrible when "it's" is used as a possessive rather than a contraction. Seems to me that it's increasingly a problem in the written language. It's just my observation, and that's about it.
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Jerry Mayo |