RULE XIV - INITIAL-LETTER CONTRACTIONS

Dot 5 Contractions

45.   Initial-letter contractions may be used either as words or parts of words when they retain their original sound.
    
    

    Examples

    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    	Used	Not Used
    day "d	daytime "d"t	whaddaya (dialect) :a4aya
    	Dayton ,"dton
    	dogdays dog"ds
    	yesterday ye/]"d
    ever "e	everywhere "ey":	evert ev]t
    	Beverly ,b"ely	severity sev];y
    	several s"eal	fever fev]
    	lever l"e
    father "f	fatherly "fly	æ
    	grandfather gr&"f
    	stepfather /ep"f
    here "h	herewith "h)	heresy h]esy
    	adheres ad"hs	sphere sph]e
    	cohere co"h	(See¤b. below.)
    know "k	knows "ks	æ
    	unknown un"kn
    	acknowledge ac"kl$ge
    lord "l	lordly "lly	lordosis lordosis
    	overlord ov]"l
    mother "m	motherly "mly	chemotherapy *emo!rapy
    	smothered s"m$
    	grandmother gr&"m
    name "n	namely "nly	enamel 5amel
    	renamed re"nd	Vietnamese ,vietnamese
    	surname sur"n
    one "o	(See §a. and §b. below.)	æ
    part "p	partial "pial	Parthenon ,p>!non
    	particular "picul>	(See §c. below.)
    	repartee re"pee
    question "q	questionnaire "qnaire	æ
    	unquestionable un"qa#
    right "r	rightly "rly	æ
    	sprightly sp"rly
    	bright b"r
    some "s	(See §d. below.)	(See §d. below.)
    time "t	times "ts	centime c5time
    	timer "tr	centimeter c5timet]
    	maritime m>i"t	Mortimer ,mortim]
    under "u	undertake "utake	bounder b.d]
    	blunder bl"u	launder laund]
    	thunder ?"u	underived underiv$
    work "w	working "w+	æ
    	unworkable un"wa#
    	handiwork h&i"w
    young "y	youngster "y/]	--
    	youngest "ye/
    there "!	therein "!9	ethereal e!r1l
    	thereby "!by	gathered ga!r$
    character"*	characteristic "*i/ic	æ
    	characterize "*ize
    through"?	throughout"?\t	æ
    where ":	wherein ":9	(See §f. below.)
    	whereupon ":^u
    	nowhere no":
    ought "\	oughtn't "\n't	Houghton ,h\<ton
    	bought b"\
    	thoughtless ?"\.s
    	doughty d"\y
    	drought dr"\
    upon ^u	thereupon "!^u	coupon c\pon
    word ^w	wording ^w+	sword sword
    these ^!	these ^!	theses !ses
    had _h	hadn't _hn't	hades hades
    	Hadley ,_hley	hadji hadji
    		shade %ade
    		(See §e. below.)
    many _m	manysided æ _msid$	--
    	Germany ,g]_m
    spirit _s	spiritual _sual	(See §f. below.)
    	unspirited un_s$
    world _w	worldly _wly	æ
    	underworld "u_w
    their _!	theirs _!s	æ

    
    
    Exceptions
    
    

    1.   The contraction for "one" may be used whenever "o" and "n" are both in the same syllable, but it should not be used when the "n" begins a new syllable. Ex:
       
       

       oneness "o;s money m"oy
       
       phone ph"o monetary m"ot>y
       
       honest h"o/ phonetic phonetic
       
       pioneer pione] colonel colonel
       
       coronet coronet anemone anemone

       
       
       
    2.   Whenever "d," "r," or "n" follows "one" or "here," the contractions for "ed," "er," and "en" should be used in preference to the contractions for "one" and "here." Ex:
       
       

       poisoned poison$ prisoner prison]
       
       sooner soon] onerous on]\s
       
       component -pon5t phoned phon$
       
       adherer adh]] adhered adh]$
       
       coherent coh]5t

       
       
       
       
    3.   The contraction for "part" must always be used unless the prefix "par" is followed by any variation of the word "take." Ex:
       
       

       party "py partial "pial
       
       impartial im"pial partake p>take
       
       partaken p>tak5 partaker p>tak]
       
       partakes p>takes partaking p>tak+
       
       partook p>took

       
       
       
    4.   The contraction for "some" should be used only where the letters it represents retain their original sound, and where they form a complete syllable in the base word. Ex:
       
       

       sometimes "s"ts handsomer h&"sr
       
       handsomest h&"s/ blossomed blossom$
       
       gasometer gasomet]
       
       somersault som]sault
       
       chromosome *romosome

       
       
       
    5.   Any alternative one-cell contraction should be used in preference to the contraction for "had." Ex:
       
       

       haddock ha4ock
       
       Haddon Hall ,ha4on ,hall
       
       shadow %ad[

       
       
       
    6.   Where a choice must be made between two consecutive contractions to avoid misspelling, preference should be given to the contraction which more nearly indicates correct pronunciation. Ex:
       
       

       wherever :]"e where'er :]e']
       
       dispirited di_s$