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What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar?

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RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar?

March 28, 2017 at 7:21 am (This post was last modified: March 28, 2017 at 7:22 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)

(March 26, 2017 at 8:44 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote: By now y'all'd've learned to deal with prevalence of contractions in the English language...

Idn't that the truth.

(March 27, 2017 at 7:18 am)mh.brewer Wrote:
(March 26, 2017 at 9:07 pm)Astreja Wrote: You heard that right: If a doctor says "can't" or "won't" we have to type them as "cannot" or "will not." If we get alphabet soup such as "ITP" we have to expand at least the first instance to "idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura."

Glad you typed that one out. I thought it was ittybitty titty pimples.

It still could be. Tongue

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What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by NuclearEnergy - March 26, 2017 at 8:20 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Alex K - March 26, 2017 at 8:23 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Jesster - March 26, 2017 at 8:27 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by chimp3 - March 26, 2017 at 8:28 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by pgrimes15 - March 26, 2017 at 8:35 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Homeless Nutter - March 26, 2017 at 8:44 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Gawdzilla Sama - March 28, 2017 at 7:21 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by vorlon13 - March 26, 2017 at 9:37 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Alex K - March 26, 2017 at 10:18 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by brewer - March 26, 2017 at 10:03 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Angrboda - March 26, 2017 at 10:28 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Astreja - March 26, 2017 at 8:14 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by brewer - March 26, 2017 at 8:20 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Astreja - March 26, 2017 at 9:07 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Fireball - March 26, 2017 at 11:12 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Astreja - March 26, 2017 at 11:15 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Fireball - March 26, 2017 at 11:30 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by brewer - March 27, 2017 at 7:18 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by The Valkyrie - March 28, 2017 at 2:59 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Isis - March 26, 2017 at 8:15 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Thumpalumpacus - March 26, 2017 at 8:39 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Angrboda - March 26, 2017 at 9:12 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Athene - March 26, 2017 at 10:05 pm

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RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Athene - March 26, 2017 at 10:17 pm

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Sal - March 28, 2017 at 6:56 am

RE: What are your thoughts on contractions when it comes to grammar? - by Alex K - March 28, 2017 at 11:10 am

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