Where could I find reliable information about the usage of ... if you want to adopt an informal but accurate style? Contractions are entirely readable to native speakers. A few forms are ambiguous in themselves ( 's = was/has/is, 'd = ...

... } I believe we were being vouchsafed two items of informationm as in } "He is tall and thin. ... have been unremarkable. It wasn't any of those three unremarkable phrasings. The FAQ rule is: Conjunctions don't pry contractions

Would you agree that there's more of what appears to us as formality in their ordinary talk? No, that has not been my observation. The Indian students in the groups I am currently teaching use the fashionable ... have been true of previous