What is contraction?
A contraction refers to a shortened form of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters which are replaced by an apostrophe.
Examples:
Contractions should not be confused with:
- Abbreviations which consist of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase as in Dr for Doctor
- Clipping which is the word formation process consisting in the reduction of a word to one of its parts as in spec for speculation.
- Acronyms which is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word (example: FBI, Benelux, radar)
