Most Common Contractions In English | ~repack~

| Contraction | Meaning | vs. | Homophone | Meaning | |-------------|---------|-----|-----------|---------| | it's | it is / it has | | its | possessive of it | | you're | you are | | your | belonging to you | | they're | they are | | their / there | possessive / place | | who's | who is / who has | | whose | possessive of who | | there's | there is / there has | | theirs | possessive of they |

| Full Form | Contraction | Notes | |-----------|-------------|-------| | give me | gimme | Gimme a break. | | going to | gonna | I'm gonna leave. | | want to | wanna | I wanna go. | | got to | gotta | I've gotta run. | | kind of | kinda | It's kinda weird. | | out of | outta | Get outta here. | | don't know | dunno | I dunno. | | let me | lemme | Lemme think. | | because | 'cause | 'Cause I said so. | Avoid these in any formal writing. Use only for dialogue or casual text. Many contractions sound like other words. These are frequent spelling errors. most common contractions in english

| Full Form | Contraction | Example | |-----------|-------------|---------| | is not | isn't | It isn't ready. | | are not | aren't | You aren't listening. | | was not | wasn't | She wasn't there. | | were not | weren't | We weren't happy. | | do not | don't | I don't know. | | does not | doesn't | He doesn't care. | | did not | didn't | They didn't come. | | have not | haven't | I haven't seen it. | | has not | hasn't | She hasn't called. | | had not | hadn't | We hadn't thought. | | will not | won't | I won't tell. (irregular) | | would not | wouldn't | She wouldn't listen. | | cannot | can't | You can't go. (one word) | | could not | couldn't | He couldn't find it. | | should not | shouldn't | You shouldn't do that. | | might not | mightn't | It mightn't matter. (rare) | | must not | mustn't | You mustn't forget. | won't (will not), can't (cannot — note the apostrophe goes after n ). 3. Question Word Contractions (Informal) These are very common in speech but rarely written in formal English. | Contraction | Meaning | vs