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Standard
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Common
contraction
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Example
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Note
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and
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’n
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Do you know Nancy ‘n David.
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are
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’r
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My classmates ‘r on vacation.
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Are you
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Ya
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Ya going to school?
Where ya going?
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because
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’cause(*)/coz
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I don’t like her ‘cause she is too proud.
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can
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C’n
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I c’n be there in an hour.
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come
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c’m
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C’m over to our house around 10：00.
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could
have
could not
have
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could’a
couldn’a
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You could’a hurt yourself!
He couldn’a done it.
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does she
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dushi
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Dushi speak English?
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don’t know
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dunno(*)
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I dunno where you live.
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for
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fer
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He works fer his father.
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give me
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gimme(*)
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Gimme that.
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going to
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gonna(*)
Gonnu
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I’m gonna give him a present.
I’m gonnu invite her to the party.
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goodbye
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G’bye
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I’ll talk to you tomorrow. G’bye!
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got to
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gotta(*)
gottu(*)
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I gotta give him a present.
I gottu invite her to my birthday party.
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had better
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better
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You better start off right now.
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have to
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hafta
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I hafta go home immediately.
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he
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’e
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Who is ’e?
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he/she has
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he/she’as
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He’as a house at the beach.
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her
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’er
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This is’er book.
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him
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’im
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I like ‘im very much.
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his
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’is
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What is ‘is name?
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This does not apply if his begins a sentence.
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how did you
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how ’dya/How ‘dja
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How ‘dya/How ‘dja make that?
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how do you
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how’ dy ’a
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How ‘dy ‘a do it?
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how does
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how’s
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How’s she feel today?
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in front of
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in fronna
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He parked in fronna the garden.
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-ing
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-in(*)
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I’m goin’ to the store.
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is that
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izat
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Izat your new car?
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of
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a or o’(*)
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He’s sorta strange.
It’s made o’gold.
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old
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ol(*)
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There’s the ol’ house.
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or
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’r
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Do you like ice cream’r candy?
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out of
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outta(*)
(pronounced: oudda)
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Get outta the class at once!
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probably
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prob’ly(*)
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He’ll prob’ly come for dinner.
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should not have
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shouldn’a
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You shouldn’a leave so soon.
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some
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S’m
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I want s’m apples.
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sure
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sher
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Sher, I like chocolate!
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A
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them
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’m/’em(*)
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I like’m/I like’em.
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to
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ta
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I don’t know what ta do now.
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want to
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wanna(*)
wannu
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I wanna go outside.
I wanna eat something.
I wannu avoid the subject.
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what are you
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Wachya or wacha
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Wachya/Wacha doin?
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what does
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what’s(*)
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What’s her do for a living?
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what is the
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what’s a
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What’s a matter?
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ALSO：Wassa matta?(*)
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would not have
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wudn’a
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I wudn’a done that if I were you.
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why did you
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Whyd’ya or whydja
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Why’dya/ why’dja tell him to leave?
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why do you
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why’dy’a
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Why’dy’a work so hard?
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