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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Can "it's" = it WAS?

Can the contraction "it's" = it was?

I know "it's" = it is, but what about was?
  

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Hi, Can the contraction "it's" = it was? I know "it's" = it is, but what about was? No.

— Clive

  • Hi, Can the contraction "it's" = it was?
  • I know "it's" = it is, but what about was?
  • No.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Can the contraction "it's" = it was?

I know "it's" = it is, but what about was?

No.

Clive
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AnonymousCan the contraction "it's" = it was?

I know "it's" = it is, but what about was?

It's is also the contraction for it has.
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There are no contractions of subject pronouns (I, you, ...) with the past tense of to be: was, were.

CJ
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Russia's can it be Russia was
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AnonymousCan I's = I is?
No. It should be "I am".
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Not in Standard English. " I is" is unacceptable in all standard dialects, except in such contexts as "I is the ninth letter of the alphabet". There you could contract it to "I's".
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No it cannot, it is, it has, are the only I know I'm writing a poem

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