This is true. But as you say it is only a part of it. Whole words get dropped as well “ne ___ pas” simply becomes “pas” as an obvious example. This phenomenon

This is true. But as you say it is only a part of it. Whole words get dropped as well “ne ___ pas” simply becomes “pas” as an obvious example. This phenomenon happens in spoken English as well. “I am going to go to the store” => “imagotada store”