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3. Single-letter Contractions
- May represent whole words only, and no letters or contractions may be added to form other words.
butt(er) |
hav(en)'t |
(Er)(in) Go Bra(gh) |
canopy |
go(ing) |
do, re, me, so |
don't |
William |
peoples |
- May be followed by the apostrophe
- To form familiar conbinations, but never rare or colloquial forms.
(that)'ll |
(you)'re |
y(ou)'s |
(can)'t |
(you)'ve |
d'y(ou) |
(it)'s |
(you)'d |
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- To form possessives.
(Will)'s hat |
(Ed) (More)'s dog |
(can)'s label |
- May be used with the hyphen
- To form hyphenated compound words.
m(er)ry-(go)-r(ound) |
self-(knowledge) |
(people)-to-(people) |
doll-like |
- But may never form parts of words divided at the end of a line or parts of syllabized words.
do- (ing)s |
like- wise |
sopho- more |
un-like-ly can-o-py but-ton |
- Require the double capital sign when fully capitalized.
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