English grammar questions, answered by Alan
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Stephen
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by Stephen »
Are the following contractions acceptable?
this's = this is or has
where're = where are
there're = there are
Thank you very much for your reply.
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Alan
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by Alan »
All are to be found in transcriptions of dialogue, but are (unlike e.g. it's for it is) nonstandard for general use.
