Yes, contractions date back further than the 1600's but contractions for not seem to have started in the 1700's and gained popularity in the 1800's.
contractions come after non-contractions: Aunts Aunt's
No.
He was 20 years old.
In the old west, medical technology did not exist that would enable a person to surgically change genders. However, transexual people have always existed, and have identified and lived as the opposite gender since the beginnings of the human race. So there certainly were transexual individuals in the time of the old west.
to death
Lol no, its taken from the books unusual writing style.
Hey, never use contractions in a research paper. It was meant for words.
Count the number of contractions in 15 seconds, then multiply by four to get the contractions per minute.
In possessive nouns and contractions.
You should not use contractions unless the question would sound really awkard without one.
They measure the number of contractions in 15 seconds, then multiply that number by 4 to get the number of contractions in one minute.
In contractions and to show possession
Yes, people used contractions just like we use. They were not as common in informal speech and writing as they are today.
Possessive nouns use apostrophe as of to show ownership. While, contractions use apostrophes to show the combination of two words by one or more letter.
you trade it for the gold pan
Formal writing does not use contractions, but it has no rule against first person pronouns, beyond making sure you never use "myself" as a substitute for "me."
No, they're not part of the official Scrabble dictionary.