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> The contraction doesn't make sense as you are omitting one character to replace it with another. Are you saying that it's pointless to replace the w with an
by resoluteteeth 5y ago
> The contraction doesn't make sense as you are omitting one character to replace it with another.
Are you saying that it's pointless to replace the w with an apostrophe because the number of characters doesn't change? If so, this is not how contractions work. The point isn't to reduce the number of characters in writing, the point is to indicate in writing where letters have been omitted in the spoken pronunciation of the contraction.
- StavrosK 5y ago> Are you saying that it's pointless to replace the w with an apostrophe because the number of characters doesn't change? That is something very common, isnot it?
- u801e 5y agoAnother common thing to do is replace the characters with something different: should have should've should of
- celticninja 5y agoAs I said elsewhere when I said convey accent, I meant pronunciation. So in that situation I understand it's use, I just hadn't heard it pronounced like that before.