Basic Guidelines For English Spellings
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Contractions are a type of abbreviation in which letters from the middle of the word are omitted. Examples include:
contraction | full form |
Dr | Doctor |
St | Saint |
Ltd | Limited |
Revd | Reverend |
A contraction can also be an abbreviated form of more than one word, for example:
contraction | full form |
I’ll | I will/I shall |
we’ve | we have |
shouldn’t | should not |
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