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Speak Faster 

6/24/2014

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A lot of the times when we speak, we use the short form of certain words to make our speech smoother and faster. These are known as CONTRACTIONS.

For example, instead of saying: "I am excited for summer", we could say, "I'm excited for summer."  We shorten two words ( I am) into one word (I'm).

We do this by replacing the missing letter by an apostrophe
I am = I'm

As you can see, we substitute the 'a' with apostrophe mark. You'll notice the same thing from all the contractions below, all the missing letters are replaced with an apostrophe.
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Contractions are definitely more informal and is used more commonly in speaking. However, I've started to see it more and more in writing since we've now become a more informal culture, don't you agree?

(Did you notice how many contractions I used in the last sentence?)


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depeek link
8/4/2016 12:10:13 pm

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sowmiya Dinesh link
3/20/2017 11:52:30 pm

I want to learn English & also need to speak fluently

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jane seymour
6/5/2017 09:04:07 am

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Ahmad
1/17/2018 05:31:53 am

for he who hold the light leed the way
show the light and the people will follow

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