Posted by dorayme on 04/11/06 01:24

In article <9d$lD4HAGmOEFw9N@getta.life>,
Martin Clark <martin@spl.at> wrote:

> 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.

Indeed, that is what "contraction" means here...

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dorayme

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