Contraction
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)
A list of contracted forms in English
Here is a list of some examples of contraction in English:
| Full Forms | Contracted forms |
|---|
| I am | I'm |
| you / we / they are | you / we / they're |
| she / he is | she / he's |
| I am not | I'm not |
| you / we / they are not | you / we / they aren't |
| she / he is not | she / he isn't |
| I / you /we / they have | I / you /we / they've |
| she / he has | she / he's |
| they have | they've |
| I had | I'd |
| I would | I'd |
| I will | I'll |
| I do not | I don't |
| he does not | he doesn't |
| I did not | I didn't |
| I have not | I haven't |
| I had not | I hadn't |
| I cannot | I can't |
| I could not | I couldn't |
| I will not | I won't |
| I would not | I wouldn't |
| I should not | I shouldn't |
| I must not | I mustn't |
| There is | There's |
| where is | where's |
| who is | who's |
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