No. A contraction is a combination of two different words. Each word is classified separately. For example who's is a combination of who and is . who is a pronoun, and is is a verb. CJ

Hi, Can a contraction be a noun? For example, who's, I'm etc.. These are not nouns. They are contractions of who is and I am. Are you trying to ask if you can say these things? Tom's (Tom is . . ) Yes. Tom'm

Can a contraction be a noun? For example, who's, I'm etc..

By definition a contaction is contracting multipletwo words into one. The apostrophe is placed where the 'missing' letter(s) would have been. Untrue. A contraction could just as easily be employed in a single word, mostly in the middle of

even though those two words were pronounced in a contracted sort of way, Yeah, that was the problem. I don't think it's common to do so, I am not familiar with such contractions. I always say the w-sound, never skip it.

Pengfei: You may say (l) Why did this product NOT perform well? or (2) Why didn't this product perform well? In other words, if you wish to say, "Why did not...?" you need to use the contraction. (Hopefully, someone will explain

Pengfei: You may say (l) Why did this product NOT perform well? or (2) Why didn't this product perform well? In other words, if you wish to say, "Why did not...?" you need to use the contraction. (Hopefully, someone will explain

It's is the contraction of It is . For example, It is a beautiful night can be wriiten as It's a beautiful night. Its is a possesive pronoun and is always followed by a noun. For example, The dog wagged its tail . He placed

Yes, it could have worked. But the second part shows that "he was gawking at her", that's why only "did" fits the bill.

Does how'd mean how did or how would? Sentence goes how'd you know, he was gawking at her? It could work w/ both contractions?