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Yes. It is more natural to use contractions in speech. Name's is a contraction of 'name is'.

Here are a few things I noticed;"Dear parents, This year there are more of us ('more of us' what?) So, in order to organise ourselves properly, we would like to know the things that may be bothering you about the school, the goals you would like to see achieved and any other comments or...

Hi, Here is one opinion on this subject, excerpted from http://comment.independent.co.uk/letters/article1222567.ece . . . under Margaret Thatcher the universities were encouraged to expand those departments and faculties which were regarded as more "economically useful" to Britain: the...

Mister Micawber wrote:1) OK 2) Mr Arnold replied that he was doing fine. I CAN'T FIND A GOOD PLACE FOR THE 'NO'. 3) OK 4) Mr. Arnold enquired WHETHER it was not on the back seat. I LIKE 'WHETHER' BETTER; OTHERS MAY NOT AGREE. 5) Mr. Carter looked all around and replied that he did not see it....

In all but the most formal situations. Here is some online commentary:The technically ungrammatical usage of "aren't" in questions where "I" is the subject can be considered a "forced" mistake, because there is no good grammatically correct alternative. There is no contraction for "am not;"...

Cool Breeze wrote: It would of course be possible to have at right before his 40s if another word required it.CB 1: What does the above red sentence mean? ----------------- 2: Is 40's a contraction of something, like 40ties?

from what i remember - he is in his 40's is correct because it is a contraction. all words that are adjusted for slang have an apostrophe. for example: 'cuz, ain't, o'clock

It is not a contaction. It's the past form of mean. It isn't a contraction of mean not.

There IS a contraction. There IS a missing letter (althouth 'spelt' IS spelled 'spelled' with no contraction) and 'learning not' and 'meaning not' has no meaning for 'the ignorant' (you, maybe?). Lighten up and get with it! English is variable. And up for adaption.

No, because 'there's' is a contraction of 'there is'.