Contractions: Part 2- more on using contractions
Contraction in English Part 2. This follows a post answering a member's question about contractions in English from yesterday.
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Contraction in English Part 2. This follows a post answering a member's question about contractions in English from yesterday.
Contractions are often used in written and spoken English to shorten and 'join' the subject and verb or auxiliary and verb in a sentence. In spoken English they are constantly present so as a learner you definitely need to get your ear around them!
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