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Most students of English are glad to know that the past tense never occurs in contracted form. There are no contractions with was and were. CJ

Sure it does. These contractions can be used for the past tense:"I'd never seen that before" = "I had never seen that before""It's been nice to know you" = "It has been nice to know you"In your case, "It's a pen" always means "It...

It's the present tense. The contraction 's represents is and has but never was. JJM

Encountered is much more formal than met, but both are correct in your sentence. Ran into is not correct in your example, but run into (very informal) would work. (Ran is simple past tense. Have run is an example of the present perfect tense. You've is the contraction for You have.)

There are no contractions of subject pronouns (I, you, ...) with the past tense of to be: was, were. CJ

you forgot some of the most important contraction forms such as ustacud- to have been able to in the past tense yawntu- do you want to jeetyet- an inquisition into someones hunger whatdayalauw- I suppose this means what do you think but it has never really made any sense at...

We're = contraction for we are: We're glad to help. (Pronouns have apostrophes only when two words are being shortened into one.)Where = location: Where are you going? (This is a place word, and so it contains the word here.)Were = a past tense form of the verb be: They were walking side by...

The passage below has been taken from American Heritage Book of English. ought as auxiliary verb. Ought is an auxiliary verb that usually takes to with its accompanying verb: We ought to go. Sometimes the accompanying verb is dropped if the meaning is clear: Should we begin soon? Yes, we...

Hi, Yes, you're right in thinking that these phrases wouldn't usually sound natural to a native speaker. On the other hand, if two Asian people are having a conversation in English like this, and they understand each other, that's not a bad thing, is it? Ok I'll try to illustrate base on this...

clarence wrote: Is there any difference?: <!---->>> I’ve a feeling this engages him more. <!---->>> I got a feeling this engages him more. "I've" is a contraction of 'I have' and is perfectly correct. "I got" is lower on the scale of sophistication,...