This is a brief post about contractions and how they’re used.
Contractions combine two words to make a shorter word. The apostrophe in the contraction takes the place of the missing letters.
Examples of contractions:
- can not = can’t
- did not = didn’t
- you will = you’ll
- were not = weren’t
- does not = doesn’t
- you have = you’ve
- I have = I’ve
If you notice the apostrophe, it is where the missing letters should be. “Can not” turns into “Can’t“. The apostrophe replaces the “no” in the word “not“. As a child I had a hard time placing the apostrophe in the correct place of my contractions. Now that I have a better understanding it easier to teach my kids when we spell the words together and the apostrophe replaces the missing letters. I wish it was explained like that to me.
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