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What are the uses of contraction?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

A contraction allows writers to merge two verbs together, or a pronoun and verb:

  1. isn't
  2. hasn't
  3. haven't
  4. can't
  5. couldn't
  6. wouldn't
  7. I'll
  8. I've
  9. you'll
  10. you've
  11. she'll
  12. they've
  13. etc.
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