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contraction

The shortening of two words into one, where an apostrophe is used in place of the omitted letter or letters (I'm, aren't); or the abbreviation of a word to its first and last letters (Mr, St for ‘mister’, ‘street’, ‘saint’).

The use of contractions in written English (other than for dialogue) usually indicates a colloquial or familiar style.



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