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Cleary
illustrated by Brian Gable
Reinforced binding
, and Shannon
B.P.C.
Clare
To Tresa, Kelly,
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by Brian P. Cleary
illustrations by Brian Gable
J Millbrook Press / Minneapolis
Contractions
a nd sh rink th e m
into only one ,
.
a
e
t
g
as in , Sh e s d rinkin
s
s
t
e
he c
h
S
and
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ontr
a ctio n,
it sh o rte ns u p sh e is .
e s two
k
a
t
wo r
It
and ma d s
ke s
th e m o ne ,
as in , Th at
s m in
e a nd h i s .
As punctuation goes,
contractions always
feature these:
take
y
e
h
T
th e
s
,
r
e
t
t
e
l
p l a c e of
es .
h
t
h
p
d
o
e
r
n
y
a
r e c all e d a p o st
A contraction makes it
doesnt.
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.
t
o
n
Try a noth e r : Wa s
.
t
n
s
a
w
o
Yo u c a n sh o rte n it t
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s
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p
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rd s
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t
s
Apo e pl ac e at l e a st one l ette
r
r
.
d
n
a
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n
,
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m v
s
A
e ry p r
o ud
th at
I ve
h el p e d make
th i s
l ove ly e ate r.
sw
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ns
14
Like
Sh o ul d n t it b e cold e r now?
our s
p ot?
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?
d
r
u
s
b
a
t
t i
sI n
16
Al l th e se tu r n a
two -wo rd ph ra se
into o ne singl e wo rd .
17
r
a
o
r
e or
sh
i s o
r a
m .
18
As in,
Im sure youre hungry,
and Hes cooking up
some ham.
19
d
t
h
n
e
a
n , c on
w
o
N
trac
tion
sh orten not j u s
t tw
s
o..
.
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but
Id
th r e e
ve t h o
wo rd s , for e x ampl e ,
!
o
o
z
u gh t th is wa s th e
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22
ord s lik
w
n
i
e I
d and sh ed
s youd
a
l
l
e
w
s
a
e j u st t
m
a
n
o
t
hre
e.
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h
n
i
a
ndy
e
m
o
c
n
a
c
l
e
t
n
e
s
e
r
l
u
i
t
u
f
W
a
s
a
traction.
oc n
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25
d
n
i
f
l
l
u
e s yo
m
i
d
t
a
e
h
d
Som ave a n en abb r eviate d .
e
b
h
e
h av
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27
A r ent contra ct
ions
u seful wo
r d s?
In sp e e c h and wr
iting , d
o
nt
(Im gu e ssin
g
th at y o u won
t!)
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So whats a
contraction?
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Do you know?
31
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