Posted by Martin Clark on 04/10/06 16:45

dorayme wrote...
> Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote:
>> I think some people include
>> * -'s for abbreviation of "is"
>> * -s for possessive of pronoun "it"
>
>Well, apostrophe as contractions generally, especially of "is"
>and "are", but often also of "not" in "-n't"
>
In contractions, the apostrophe is used in place of the missing letters:
That's - ' replaces i of is.
You're - ' replaces a of are.
Don't - ' replaces o of not.
I've - ' replaces ha of have.
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Martin Clark

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