I don't fully understand what a contraction is. So if I put an 's, 'll, 'd, 've, etc after any word does it make it a contraction? Only in spoken English. But in written English, some contractions are not usually written that

In one of her latest songs, Whitney Houston ("call you tonight") sings: I'mma call you tonight I will baby Just as soon as I get home So "I'mma" is definetly a sort of contraction of "I will"

Hi loonloka, A sentence isn't true or false, it's either correct or incorrect. Sometimes it can be correct, but not very natural. 1. Gregg’s leaving his clothes around the house made his mother angry. Okay 2. LaTasha

"I've an answer to your question." I don't think that is correct, American English. I believe it works for Brittish English. Agreed. Correct: I think I'll have another. Agreed. Incorrect: I'll my beliefs into reality.

I've been wondering, if anyone knows for sure: I know saying "I've" is fine for contraction I and the modal form of have. But, it seems to be an error to use the contraction with the non-modal form of the verb as in:

The story “Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida is a great story, which the settings affect the story by many ways. This story is mostly about a young woman gone to America from Japan for freedom and marriage. The settings affect the story a lot as

The story “Tears of Autumn” by Yoshiko Uchida is a great story, which the settings affect the story by many ways. This story is mostly about a young woman gone to America from Japan for freedom and marriage. The settings affect the story a lot as

Welcome to English Forums! "Good" is an adjective. You need an adverb to modify "draw." It should be, "I still did not draw too well ." "Your" is a possessive pronoun. Your sentence needs

I'm a British English speaker. There may be differences here between British and American usage. "I have to " is fine. "I've got to " is also OK, but is more informal (the contraction "I've"

If you mean he possesses a red car then you don't need "got"; you can just say "My father has a red car". Nevertheless, in British English it's extremely common in conversation for people to use "got" to