Contractions
Słowa angielskie są bardzo często skracane. Oto wykaz najbardziej popularnych skrótów. Większość przykładów może występować w dowolnej osobie:
| Krótka forma | Długa forma |
| I'm | I am |
| She's | She is |
| She's | She has |
| You're | You are |
| I'll | I will |
| I'll | I shall |
| I've | I have |
| She'd | She would |
| She'd | She had |
| There's | There is |
| Here's | Here is |
| He'd like | He would like |
| He'd better | He had better |
| Aren't | Are not |
| Isn't | Is not |
| Won't | Will not |
| Haven't | Have not |
| Hasn't | Has not |
| Wouldn't | Would not |
| Hadn't | Had not |
| Wasn't | Was not |
| Weren't | Were not |
| Can't | Cannot |
| Couldn't | Could not |
| Shouldn't | Should not |
| Don't | Do not |
| Doesn't | Does not |
| Didn't | Did not |
| Gonna | Going to |
| Wanna | Want to |
| Gotta | Got to |
| Oughta | Ought to |
| Ain't | am not, is not, are not, have not, has not, don't, does't didn't |
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