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Anonymous wrote:Is it a mistake?Many contractions are accepted in informal speech, but should be reserved for quoting someone's speech in formal writing. It can even be carried to this extreme: wheredjago? = where did you go? jeatchet? = did you eat yet?

Davidrock65 wrote: Dear teachers I came across these in a novel that I'm reading : " What'd you do? "and " Why'd you do that?" A. Is it commonly used in conversation and writing? B. Can I say or write " How'd he do that?" instead of "How did he do that?" and "Why'd, When'd" instead of...

please help me teachers/ english professors with my essay. feel free to email me about my mistakes @ phu53@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “The Scarlet Ibis” The short story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst...